Re: Hughenden sauropod

[John Schneiderman <dino@revelation.unomaha.edu>]

On Wed, 10 May 1995, John Schneiderman wrote:

> After having read "The Enigmatic Dinosaur Faunas of Australia" by John 
> Long in the publication "Dino Fest" I found myself wondering whatever 
> happen to the Hughenden sauropod.  The article mentions Muttaburrasaurus 
> materials being found near Hughenden but not sauropod. Is the material 
> originally noted as sauropod now iguanodontid or did the author just not 
> include it in his article?
> 
OOPS! Sorry about this message....the answer was there (top of page 400)
"Australia's largest dinosaur is known from..."
The Hughenden sauropod is a large Austrosaurus or brachiosaur-like 
dinosaur about 20 meters long (approximation based on size of single neck 
vertebra scaled to that of a Brachiosaurus).

Sorry..
---John Schneiderman (dino@revelation.unomaha.edu)