Re: Brachiosaur chewing

["Christopher H. Whittle" <chtchwhi@arriba.nm.org>]

On Thu, 4 May 1995, Christopher H. Whittle wrote:

> A reading of over 200 articles on gastroliths reveals no occurence in the 
> known fossil record of gastroliths directly associated with gastroliths.  

(The last word in the sentence should be brachiosaurs)  Please excuse my 
haste.



> Why do you ask, brin736@aol.com?
> 
> On Tue, 2 May 1995, Mickey Rowe wrote:
> 
> > 
> > BRIN736@aol.com asks:
> > 
> > > Did Brachiosaurs have gizzard stones, or isn't there any data on the
> > > yet?
> > 
> > David Lambert's tentative wording in _The Ultimate Dinosaur Book_
> > (Dorling Kindersley, 1993) suggests that gizzard stones have not been
> > found from Brachiosaurus, but it is expected that they existed.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mickey Rowe     (rowe@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu)
> > 
>