Re: Torosaurus question

["Allan Edels" <edels@email.msn.com>]

Judy:

    _Torosaurus_:  Some of the skulls are fairly complete.  The size of most
of the skulls surpasses that of _Triceratops_.  There have been found
several large ceratopsian skeletons without heads.  Since no-one has found
any (mostly complete) skeletons in association with _Torosaurus_, the big
assumption is that some of those headless skeletons are _Torosaurus_.

    _Torosaurus_ and _Triceratops_ are VERY close in size - therefore, size
figures for _Triceratops_ are PROBABLY good for _Torosaurus_.

    Allan Edels


-----Original Message-----
From: jamolnar@juno.com <jamolnar@juno.com>
To: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 2:01 AM
Subject: Torosaurus question


>Just out of curiosity, gang, how can one estimate the weight of an animal
>if all you have to go by is the skull?  If Torosaurus is only known from
>partial skulls and skull elements, how can you really just scale up from
>another ceratopsian?  Any body got a real good body weight estimate on
>this critter?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Judy Molnar
>Education Associate, Virginia Living Museum
>vlmed@juno.com
>jamolnar@juno.com
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