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Re: Spinosaurus sail



In a message dated 7/25/01 2:39:30 PM EST, smithjb@sas.upenn.edu writes:

<< Yeah, as far as I know, the holotype of _S. aegypticaus_ was supposed to be
 sub-adult. >>

As I recall, the reason for this was that the neural spines were incompletely 
fused to the centra. You can see they're detached in a number of Stromer's 
illustrations of the vertebrae.