RE: taxonomy is not stratigraphy (was Re: JVP 25(2): New Dinos, Birds, Discoveries)

[Ken.Carpenter@dmns.org]

There is indeed a femur at U of Texas outside the collections room that
is REFERRED to Alamosaurus that is over 5 ft (1.5 m) tall 

Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D. 
Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology 
and Chief Preparator 
Department of Earth Sciences 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science 
2001 Colorado Blvd. 
Denver, CO 80205 USA

Ken.Carpenter@DMNS.org
ph: 303-370-6392/ or 6403 
fx: 303-331-6492 

for PDFs of my reprints, info about the Cedar Mtn. Project, etc. see:
https://scientists.dmns.org/sites/kencarpenter/default.aspx
for fun, see also:
http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=Kcarpenter



 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Denver Fowler
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:20 AM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: taxonomy is not stratigraphy (was Re: JVP 25(2): 
> New Dinos, Birds, Discoveries)
> 
> 
> --- Mike Taylor <mike@miketaylor.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:07:31 +0100 (BST)
> > > From: Denver Fowler <df9465@yahoo.co.uk>
> > > 
> > >> For example, _Tyrannosaurus_ was a very large
> > theropod, but
> > >> _Alamosaurus_ was not that impressive by sauropod
> > standards.
> > > 
> > > Well now, that's not very nice. As it happens,
> > 'Alamosaurus' was
> > > very large indeed, even for a sauropod. I would go
> > so far as to say
> > > 'Alamosaurus' may have been the biggest North
> > American sauropod ever
> > > (my claim from SVP2004), certainly it gave all the
> > morrison
> > > sauropods a run for their money.
> > 
> > That is news!
> > 
> > I searched for "Fowler" in the SVP 2004 abstracts PDF, but 
> I couldn't 
> > find the abstract for your talk.  Is it available?
> 
> Not an abstract, just me and my laptop. Inference is based on 
> some new material. can't say anymore other than it is really big.
> 
> Denver.
> 
> > 
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