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frogfoot
wrote-
I have a collection of magazines that came out some
years ago, and the Deinocheirus has been mentioned quite a few times in
them....sometimes being quoted as being a possible 15m long! Even if this
is so, is there any way of working out its height by the height of the
arms? If so...how tall would the actual animal be when standing
upright? I also have a quote for the claw length as being 35cm. Can
anyone confirm this?
Well, Deinocheirus is an ornithomimosaur, so
comparing humerus length to other ornithomimosaurs should give us an approximate
length. Results range from 10.6 meters and 2.4 tons
(Gallimimus) to 11.1 meters and 4.2 tons (Ornithomimus) to 13 meters
and 4.3 tons (Struthiomimus). So 10-13 meters long and 2.4-4.3 tons seems
reasonable. The second manual ungual is only 19.6 cm long, so your sources
measurement was a bit high.
Mickey Mortimer
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