Re: late night thoughts: misunderstand what?

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

--- Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> wrote:

> What is the reference for the 140-tonne thick legs? 
> I've seen this
> alluded to a few times on list, but never read
> anything about it
> elsewhere.  Hokannen (1986) concludes that "The
> limit is suggested to
> lie between 105 and 106 kg. A possibility for a
> still higher mass, in
> case of new adaptations, is not excluded."

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I think there are a couple of zeroes missing from that
statement. That, or I'm reading it funny.

Jason

"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


       
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