Re: Chasmosaurus' weight

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: GSP1954@aol.com

> Oh really? 2280 is a real specimen and the mass estimate applies to it 
> regardless of the status of >the femur.

Your analysis is based completely on plaster, though.  The femur is fake.  
Even if the bone has been scaled up accurately (isometrically, I would 
assume - but are we sure ceratopsian femoral lengths scale isometrically 
with body mass?), why not chose a more complete specimen upon which to base 
your formula?  I'm not trying to challenge your method... I'm inquiring 
about it.

> In any case the length of the femur is appropriate judging from other 
> specimens.

If the information is available, which specimens might those be, out of 
curiosity?

Thanks,

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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