Re: Uh-oh, Sue shrinkage

[timlee3005@earthlink.net]

Don't feel too bad T.rex fans,it is still one those dinosaurs that nothing
could survive a good bite from,(Triceratops is another with the capability
of killing anything,only this time with a full head-on charge with it's brow
horns).
John Bridgman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GSP1954@aol.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:26 AM
Subject: Uh-oh, Sue shrinkage


> Since the femur measurements in Brochu's Sue monograph are only a few mm
> longer than for the type, and markedly shorter than previously reported, I
have
> adjusted my mass estimate using a slightly revised skeletal restoration
> following the additional data in the description (in which the scale bars
on the skull
> photos are virtually identical relative to the table measurments, a rare
> feat).
>
> The new mass estimate is 6.1 tonnes, only a wee bit bigger than 5027 and
the
> type both at 5.7 tonnes. Am not clear whether any Tyranno specimen clearly
> exceeds Sue in size. The type Giganotosaurus is 6.8 tonnes, supposedly
there are
> bigger specimens but am not sure whether any are complete enough to be
> certain.
>
> G Paul