Re: Triassic Sauropods

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/8/01 6:20:32 PM EST, qilongia@yahoo.com writes:

<< The neck of *Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis* (type, Yang and
 Zhao) is a total of 8.5m (= 28.89ft) long, and the longest
 vertebra is cv10 and 11 (73cm) compared to *Sauroposeidon* (cv8
 [125cm]) -- cv8 of *M. hochuanensis* is 59cm. >>

Before dismissing Mamenchisaurus, you might want to reread the description of 
the cervicals of M. sinocanadorum; one cervical rib is 4.1 meters long. The 
known cervicals are quite a bit more elongated than the corresponding 
cervicals of M. hochuanensis.