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Re: supersaurus tail thingy

John Scheiderman wrote:

On the same line, is it possible that the club-like tail feature found in
the Chinese Omeisaurus may also be a "popper"?  The club-like feature a
product of fossilization.

I don't know about Omeisaurus, but another Chinese sauropod, Shunosaurus, did sport a club-tipped tail. Maybe it didn't produce a sonic boom, but it must have been a defensive weapon.


Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines