Fw: sauropods versus blue whales

["Thomas de Wilde" <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>]

> > > There are reasons to question the conclusion that the
> > > new Canadian ichthyosaur is as large as blue whales,
> >
> > I thought it was estimated at "only" 23 m in length, around 10 less than
> > blue whales? (More than a sperm whale, though.)
>
> I'don't think so, there was a skeletton of 23m, but there were also
remains
> of a much bigger lad, there was a dorsal with a diameter of 36cm the
biggest
> dorsal of the 23m long creature was 27cm across, so if the 36cm is the
> biggest dorsal of the barely found species, it would be something about
31m
> in length, if it's a smaller dorsal it would be even bigger.
>
> Thomas

Aargh, stupid me, I meant vertebra not dorsal. And I think blue whale rarely
gets bigger than 30,5m, the biggest one was 33, but he was somekind of an
exception.