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Re: Metriacanthosaurus
> << 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