re: Long Bone Scaling in Neosauropod Dinosaurs

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Says Colin McHenry, the proud Novocastrian...

> That's just so wierd.  If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the 
> isometric scaling strongly suggested an aquatic habit....

It does get you thinking, doesn't it?  If neosauropods were "stilt-like 
walkers", maybe the limbs were habitually used as... stilts?

Interestingly, titanosaurs were excluded from the study.  These guys had a 
'wide-gauge' stance, in which the limbs were placed much farther from the 
midline than other neosauropods.

Cheers

Tim

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