Re: Lenght of an "average" dinosaur? 6.7 m

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

> in the JP novel, Grant once stated something like "despite the majority of 
> people imagine dinosaurs as a giants, an average dinosaur was about a size 
> of a cow" (not exact quote). I was
> wondering, how much this is true.

You have a pretty big spread here, with everything from hummingbirds to 
sauropods thrown into the mix.  I can't say what the average would be, but 
the standard deviation would be incredible!  Then again, I don't know if Dr 
Grant was counting avian theropods.

Cheers

Tim