Comments on: See Tyrannosaurus Take a Bite out of Alamosaurus http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/03/25/see-tyrannosaurus-take-a-bite-out-of-alamosaurus/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:27:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: New Sauropod From Dinosaur National Monument Gets a Name | Dinosaur Tracking http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/03/25/see-tyrannosaurus-take-a-bite-out-of-alamosaurus/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 New Sauropod From Dinosaur National Monument Gets a Name | Dinosaur Tracking Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:19:12 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1041#comment-1657 [...] record suggested that they were all but wiped out by the Cretaceous. (Alamosaurus, a sauropod that may have lived alongside Tyrannosaurus, was an exception.) As scientists have continued their research, however, it has come to light that [...] [...] record suggested that they were all but wiped out by the Cretaceous. (Alamosaurus, a sauropod that may have lived alongside Tyrannosaurus, was an exception.) As scientists have continued their research, however, it has come to light that [...]

]]> By: Traumador the Tyrannosaur http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/03/25/see-tyrannosaurus-take-a-bite-out-of-alamosaurus/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Traumador the Tyrannosaur Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:35:45 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1041#comment-435 Well the Jurassic Park example isn't correct. That is a cast of the very commonly casted and displayed skeleton of a juvie Camarosaurus (which has led to the misimpression that Camarosaurs are smaller than they are). From what I understand the remains of Alamosaurus aren't all that complete, and wouldn't make the best skeletal mount without a LOT of fill in bones. Well the Jurassic Park example isn’t correct. That is a cast of the very commonly casted and displayed skeleton of a juvie Camarosaurus (which has led to the misimpression that Camarosaurs are smaller than they are).

From what I understand the remains of Alamosaurus aren’t all that complete, and wouldn’t make the best skeletal mount without a LOT of fill in bones.

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