Re: Morrison Sauropods\etc. (long)

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/5/01 9:47:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, HPB1956@aol.com
writes:


<< There is quite a diversity of huge (= adult) plant eaters in the Morrisson
Formation with Apatosaurus, Barosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus,
Diplodocus and Haplocanthosaurus compared with todays eco-systems. >>

       You must remember, however, that the diversity in today's ecosystems
is  skewed due to the effects of a certain primate and the planet's current
configuration with icy polar regions.
       In the new Nature, there's an article on Jurassic monsoons, although
earlier in time from the Morrison that sounds interesting:
        Annual monsoon rains recorded by Jurassic dunes
D B LOOPE, C M ROWE & R M JOECKEL
http://www.nature.com/nlink/v412/n6842/abs/412064a0_fs.html

       DV


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