Re: TRICERATOPS MAXIMUS (was: Ceratopsian Frills)

["Vlad Petnicki" <bucketfoot-al@justice.com>]

Actually, Dr. Bakker thinks the Tric. Max. might have
weighed "more than two elephants". The
"run-of-the-mill" Triceratops horridus probably did not
weigh (much) more than a large African Bull elephant...

I think the average African bull elephant is somewhere
around 5-7 tons....although freakish specimens of 10
tons are known, they are extremely rare....Raja Gaj,
the king of the giant Asian (Nepalese) elephants is
estimated to be around 8 tons....but this is an
isolated population, comparable in size to African
elephants rather than its Indian cousins...

So...would 15 tons sound more impresive to you ;0)?

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:44:06 +1000, zone65@bigpond.com
wrote:

> 
> So the biggest ceratopsians were only as heavy as an
> elephant?
> Peter M
> 
> 
> On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 05:01  PM, Vlad Petnicki
> wrote:
> 
> > Well, on the oft chance someone else might be
> > interested in this "Mother of all Triceratops", I
> > changed the heading.  See below for details.
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:59:24 -0700 (PDT), "Vlad
> > Petnicki" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Trceratops MAXIMUS - an old name given by Barnum
> Brown
> >> to some fragmentary Triceratops fossils (including
a
> >> HUGE neck) that seemed to indicate the King of all
> >> Horned-faces;  well, a few years ago they found the
> >> King's head, it seems.  Still being examined in the
> > BYU
> >> basement. A short-frilled Triceratops skull that is
> >> (get ready here!!) 9-10 FEET in LENGTH!!!!!!!!!!
> >>
> >> Luis Rey illustrated Dr. Bakker's recent kids' book
> by
> >> that name.
> >>
> >> To learn more, go HERE:
> >>
> >> http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/html/maxtops.htm
> >>
> >> Cheers, Vlad
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:46:51 EDT, Tetanurae@aol.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> bucketfoot-al@justice.com wrote:
> >>> <<6-ton Torosaurus yes - but imagine what a 10-ton
> >>> Triceratops Maximus could
> >>> have done.>>
> >>>
> >>> Triceratops what?
> >>>
> >>> Pete Buchholz
> >>> tetanurae@aol.com
> >>
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