Re: Carnegie Diplodocus

[Pascaline Lauters <pascaline.lauters@hotmail.com>]

The original Iguanodons from Bernissart can not be remounted in a 
quadrupedal stance without huge technical problems and irreversible damage 
for the skeletons. But a cast of I. bernissartensis is mounted close to them 
in a quadrupedal position. And I suppose that explanations will expose the 
reasons of that in the new exhibition (open to the public on 27 October at 
Brussels).


> From: "stearns5@cox.net" <stearns5@cox.net>
> Reply-To: stearns5@cox.net
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Carnegie Diplodocus
> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:28:54 -0400
>
> Oops, actually Luis didn't write that, I got the messages mixed up somehow.
>
> It was actually ackolbert@aol.com's message on behalf of the list owner,
> according to that message itself.
>
> Anyhow, it's refreshing to see some creativity and tradition-breaking in
> new dino mounts. Whcih reminds me: When are those European museums ever
> going to remount their Iguanodons so their tails aren't being snapped in
> half, and why do all Mamenchisaurus mounts still have a Diplodocus head
> rather than the one preserved with M. youngi?
> -Jamie Stearns

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