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Re: Dinosaur mass table online
In a message dated 3/26/10 5:41:51 AM, tijawi@yahoo.com writes:
<< 75 tonnes seems way, way too high. Mamenchisaurs were gracile
sauropods: all neck and tail, with a rather svelte body in between. >>
Nonsense. Mamenchisaurs had unusually short legs for their long and massive
bodies, check out the unusually high k values for the femur. Brachiosaurs
and even titanosaurs were longer legged despite their fat bellies. I
discusses this in the 1997 Dinofest volume which also details the procedures
along
with PDW etc.
GSPaul
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