Re: Big theropod olympics, part LXIV

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

  First, I must appologize to Larry for doing this, as
I recall, twice, setting him off with a post that
lacked my references. I thought I was in the right,
and should have posted to that effect, giving my
sources, but as it turns out, I went too far.

Larry Dunn wrote:

<Where is this information coming from?  From what I
have been able to gather, known specimens of
_Giganotosaurus carolinii_ are not only longer but
also *bulkier* than those of _Tyrannosaurus rex_.>

  Tom has posted with stats that truly do make Giggy a
real contender for the crown of king; these I were
unaware of, going off the original paper on Giggy, and
several books mentioning Rex's stats (including _PDW_,
_Complete Dinosaur_, _Dinosauria_, and Glut's
_Dinosaurs: the Encyclopedia_). An incomplete specimen
(possibly to be complemented with new material, ex
Currie et Coria) indeed cannot be a good marker for
detirmining full length of an animal.

  I must give my appologies to the list (and to
Larry).

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Jaime A. Headden

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