Re: Re: Giganotosaurus Carolinii

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>I suspect that Giganotosaurus carolinii is a ceratosaurian (as are the
>other large South American theropods; Carnotaurus, Abelisaurus)
>
Phylogeny by biogeography?  Well, I've been guilty of that, too.  However,
Giganotosaurus is clearly tetanurine.

>I also suspect that the arm length of Giganotosaurus is longer then that 
>of Tyrannosaurids

Coria suspects the opposite is true!
>
>It's a shame the material for Giganotosaurus was so fragmentary

There is hope that more of the specimen can be recovered.  That would
certainly be nice!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
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