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RE: [...] Breviparopus taghbaloutensis size
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> David Marjanovic
>
> > Has anyone calculated the actual size of *Breviparopus
> > taghbaloutensis* known only from its giant (115 x 50 cm) footsteps?
> > I've read it could even be the largest dinosaur ever.
>
Just a reminder:
_Breviparopus_ is the name of the *tracks*, NOT the trackmaker. If and when
the trackmaker is found, it will have a different name.
So, technically, _Breviparopus_ is 115 cm (or whatever the exact measurment)
is long. The trackmaker would have been considerably larger... :-)
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland College Park Scholars
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