Re: Europasaurus

[ffbervoets <ffbervoets@tiscali.nl>]

On behalf of Octavio Mateus I let you know that the Europasaurus paper 
is available at Lusodino's at www.dinodata.net

Regards
Fred Bervoets
www.dinodata.net

Glen Ledingham wrote:

> R. Dale Guthrie has done some work lately on remnant
> mammoths in the Pribiloff Islands and reached some
> conclusions on the size of island necessary to support
> a mammoth population.  This might be applicable to
> Europasaurus dwarfing.
>
> Glen Ledingham 
>
> --- David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
>
>
> > > I note that a dwarf sauropod is a BIG animal.
> >
> > Doesn't look bigger than a large dwarf elephant
> > (except for tail and neck). 
> > I think there are horses heavier than that.
> >
> >
> > > Now think about the ecological implications of
> >
> > that...
> >
> > The islands shown on the map in the supp. inf.
> > aren't all that small, 
> > actually...