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Re: Metriacanthosaurus

To: Dinogeorge <Dinogeorge@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Metriacanthosaurus
From: Jeffrey Martz <martz@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:14:19 -0700 (MST)
Cc: larrydunn@hotmail.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
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> <<  I am unfamiliar with Metriacanthosaurus and am 
>  interested in knowing if this is an accurate restoration; it certainly 
>  is a handsome sculpture. >>
> 
> Metriacanthosaurus is known from only a couple of vertebrae and miscellaneous
> elements. It's beyond me why anyone would attempt a life restoration of this
> dinosaur.

     I haven't seen the sculpture, but I  would assume it is actually
_Yangchuanosaurus_, based on Greg Paul's sinking of it into 
_Metriacanthosaurus_ in PDW.  Remember the embryo freezer's in Jurassic
Park?  I'm willing to bet they used _Metriacantosaurus_ there for the same
reason.   

LN Jeff

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