Re: Sauropod Necks

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@friesen.net>]

At 07:34 PM 7/14/00 -0700, Matthew Bonnan wrote:
> of the research, or demanded to see more testing?  Most of us accepted 
> vertical sauropod necks before DinoMorph tested neck motion in the two 
> diplodocids.

Actually, I have viewed *diplodocid* necks as more or less horizontal for 
many years.  It is only brachiosaur and euhelopodid necks that I have 
considered vertical recently.

So far the research, as published, has only modified that view slightly 
(regarding euhelopodid necks).  I have a great deal of trouble generalizing 
from diplodocid anatomy to that of other types of sauropods, as there are 
so many differences.

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