Re: Fwd: RE: T. rex Predation

["ville sinkkonen" <dinomaniac38@hotmail.com>]

> > Rather, ask why I suggest *Achillobator* isn't that large. Femur size is
> > unimportant; unlike *Deinonychus*, *Achillobator* has a short foot and
> > shin relative to femur size and the overall hip height was about 20cm
> > higher. The trunk and neck, by examining of the vertebral lengths, are
> > relatively much shorter, and its not just a scaling up from femur size,
> > because this misleads. The over all animal based on general vertebral
> > counts of maniraptorans based on *Deinonychus* (in part) gives an 
> estimate
> > just shy of 4m.

Good points, VERY good points.

does anyone have some pictures about remains of *Achillobator*?

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