Re: Ten Ton Carnivore

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/13/02 11:22:09 PM EST, whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com writes:

<< I read about that on the internet years ago. Maybe
 another Bruhathkayosaurus-like misinterpretation of a
 sauropod axial skeleton?>>

Entirely possible.

<<    How about the tooth that Lapparent and Zbyszewski
 (1957) reported (referred to _Erectopus superbus_?)
 that's said to have a basal diameter of 7.75 inches?
 That sounds impossibly huge. Is this just a typo in
 the text? >>

I think this may be a typo. Even 7.75 cm is too big for Erectopus, though not 
too big for a giant theropod.