Re: Question concerning Brachiosaurus and Ultrasaurus

[pharrinj@PLU.edu]

On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, Klaus Richter wrote:

> Ultrasaurus looks like a huge Brachiosaurus.
> And if I take a look to the leg reconstructed by Jensen, it looks like
> a huge leg of Brachiosaurus, there's almost no difference between Jensen's
> leg and the leg of the Berlin Brachiosaurus.
> For me - I'm not a palaeontologist, maybe there are differences between
> both dinosaurs - these animals should have one name - Ultrasaurus or
> Brachiosaurus. What's the actual discussion about it (if there's one)?
> 
> Klaus Richter
> Universitaet des Saarlandes
> Geb. 16, Zi. 2.35
> Tel: 0681-302-4614
> Saarbruecken
>

Many people, myself included, think _Ultrasauros_ (it had to be renamed 
after a dinosaur from Korea took the name _Ultrasaurus_) is a 
particularly big species of _Brachiosaurus_.

     Nick Pharris
     Pacific Lutheran University
     Tacoma, WA, USA