Re: Spinosaurus sail

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Mickey Mortimer (Mickey_Mortimer11@msn.com) wrote:

<Immature holotype! If the holotype was 17.4 meters and
immature, think of how huge the adult would be- 20 meters? 25
meters? Can anyone confirm the age of the holotype?>

  Seconding Josh,

  There are virtually no fused neurocentral sutures in the
vertebrae, and the contacts are quite well-defined. Only two
vertebrae appear to be well-fused, the caudal and the axial
cervical, whereas all dorsals have loose or non-existent
sutures. Only one dorsal appears to have been in strict
occlusion with its centrum. Scattered dorsal centra demonstrate
the lack of even cartilagenous contacts that would aid in
keeping the skeleton articulated.

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Jaime A. Headden

  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhr-gen-ti-na
  Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Pampas!!!!

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