Spinosaurus at Dinopress.

[Oberon <oberon@box.com>]

> There's a slight problem with the Spinosaurus spines in that article:
> Berislav forgot to give them their widened bases in his skeletal
> reconstruction. The neural spines widen above the centra a bit as you go
> toward the tip, then constrict, then widen again more slowly before finally
> narrowing as they come to the tip. I suspect that the point of constriction
> is the "Plimsoll line" of the animal's back.

Actually,"widened bases" of the spines are present in the skeletal 
reconstruction - but the detail (constriction before the base) has been lost 
due to the diminishing of the image for the press. I intended to give just a 
(probable)"schematic" view of the skeleton reconstruction.

Beri


Berislav Krzic

http://illustrissimus.virtualave.net/

Sincerely,\
Oberon

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