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Re: ORNITHOPOD-EATING LUNGFISH

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: ORNITHOPOD-EATING LUNGFISH
From: Adam Yates <zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:30:46 -0400
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I dunno nuffin 'bout the South American giant lungfish, but I do know 
that our Australian Neoceratodus gregoryi reached lenghths of between 9 
and 13 feet, so I guess it qualifies as a giant. The fish has been found
in oligocene to pleistocene deposits of central Australia. I really think 
more evidence, besides th presence of a few giants, is needed to show there 
was a trend towards gigantism in South America.

Adam Yates

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