Actually, there almost certainly is NOT and SV-POW! post on this, though I can certainly see why people would expect there to be. At least, if there is such a post, then (A) I don't remember writing or reading it, and (B) it's not filed under "ribs" at https://svpow.com/category/ribs/In his monograph of Brachiosaurus, Riggs (1904:239) notes that "One of the more slender ribs from the mid-thoracic region measures fully nine feet (2.745 m) in length", which is almost exactly the same length as the ?Apatosaurus rib that Cary saw at the MOR. I have a vague feeling of reading about an Asian sauropod with a longer rib, but I can't remember the name of that animal.Sorry.-- Mike.On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 16:06, Cary Woodruff <sauropod4@gmail.com> wrote:I seem to recall that there is an SV-POW! post on this (I'm sure Mike Taylor can send you said link). There are monstrous fragments out there, but the biggest complete rib I have ever personally seen is over 274 cm from an Apatosaurus(?) at the MOR.On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:39 AM Poekilopleuron <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz> wrote:Good day to all listmembers, I would like to ask what is the longest sauropod rib on record? I recall seeing reference for a 306 cm long rib in _Supersaurus vivanae_, but there are probably fragmentary remains of even longer ribs? How long/thick could possibly be an Argentinosaurus rib? Thank you in advance! Tom--Cary WoodruffPhD StudentUniversity of Toronto - Royal Ontario MuseumToronto, ONDirector of Paleontology
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