Comments on: The Dwarf Dinosaurs of Haţeg Island

By: Spain's Tiny Sauropods Traveled Together | Dinosaur Tracking

Spain's Tiny Sauropods Traveled Together | Dinosaur Tracking — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:23:06 +0000

[...] be the best fit. This widespread sauropod group—which included the gargantuan Argentinosaurus and the dwarf genus Magyarosaurus—was partly characterized by having wide chests, which gave their trackways a “wide [...]

By: Night of the Nuralagus rex | faithtuppers

Night of the Nuralagus rex | faithtuppers — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:10:55 +0000

[...] a natural, evolutionary experiment station ? just as Madagascar was for lemurs, Ha?eg Island was for dwarfed dinosaurs, and Flores was for tiny humans and ground-dwelling storks ? and so the assemblage of animals that [...]

By: Night of the Nuralagus rex | anastasiachavezer

Night of the Nuralagus rex | anastasiachavezer — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:34:45 +0000

By: Night of the Nuralagus rex | karolnaju

Night of the Nuralagus rex | karolnaju — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:57:20 +0000

By: Island-Hopping Ceratopsians Made it to Europe | Dinosaur Tracking

Island-Hopping Ceratopsians Made it to Europe | Dinosaur Tracking — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:52:21 +0000

[...] on an island. (Its small size, even compared to similar dinosaurs, makes it possible that it was a dwarfed island species, but the researchers stress that more research is required to ascertain this.) Given this bit of [...]

By: How Did Sauropods Get So Big? | Dinosaur Tracking

How Did Sauropods Get So Big? | Dinosaur Tracking — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:14:05 +0000

[...] to untangle this confluence of factors. (Sauropods did come in a variety of sizes, including dwarfed species, but the exceptionally large genera have been the most vexing.) The latest attempt to do so has [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:36:49 +0000

the little dwarf mammoths on the Channel Islands off the coast here are thought to be the product of limited habitat, limited food, and lack of predators. This is generally thought of as the reasons why island dwarfism occurs. But since not all the dinos on the island were dwarfs, none of these may be the factor driving their reduced size.

By: David Orr

David Orr — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:37:48 +0000

I really love the Romanian dinosaurs. I’ve managed to not see the Dinosaur Planet episode about Haţeg, though. Really need to.