Re: The Very Very Latest Paper From 2006!!!

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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From: "don ohmes" <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:34 PM

> Elk are probably relatively far up the surface/mass ratio chart from 
> elephants though. I'm just saying that if the LAGs disappear in both the 
> largest dinos and the largest mammals, AND there are commonly dinos w/ 
> well-defined LAGs that have significantly smaller surface/mass ratios than 
> the largest (temperate or cold climate) mammals, then that is relevant to 
> the debate about their respective thermo-regulatory systems.

But why, when horses and rhinos and cattle also have LAGs -- and don't show 
differences between proximal and distal limb bones?

I guess the largest mammals and dinosaurs have to grow faster and can't 
afford, erm, lags in their growth.