RE: Amazonsaurus maranhensis (Carvalho, Avilla, and Salgado 2003)

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Somebody on this list asked how long this sauropod was, and I was curious 
too, since the paper is not so helpful in this regard.  The following story 
offers an estimate of 10m long for _Amazonsaurus_, and a weight of only 10 
tons:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01/16/amazon.dinosaur.reut/index.html

The article also says that _Amazonsaurus_ belongs to the "Diplodocus 
family".  True, Carvalho et al. (2003) assign _Amazonsaurus_ to the 
Diplodocoidea, but they avoid placing it in any particular family.  Mustn't 
quibble...

BTW, Carvalho et al. (2003) mention that the South African sauropod 
_Algoasaurus_ might also be a diplodocoid (rebbachisaurid), and mention a 
paper in press.


Tim

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