Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought (Svelteosaurus)

ScienceDaily ^ | June 22, 2009 | Unknown

[decimon]

The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published June 21 in the Zoological Society of London’s Journal of Zoology.

[decimon]

Atkins ping.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

and they aren’t the source of oil

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropod

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I knew something was 'funny' about this story! The headline is misleading. They're talking about mass and bulk, not height or length.

"Scientists have discovered that the original statistical model used to calculate dinosaur mass is flawed, suggesting dinosaurs have been oversized.

Widely cited estimates for the mass of Apatosaurus louisae, one of the largest of the dinosaurs, may be double that of its actual mass (38 tonnes vs. 18 tonnes)."

Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090621195620.htm

[gov_bean_ counter]

How big was the Ophrasaurus?

[tlb]

>>>Widely cited estimates for the mass of Apatosaurus louisae, one of the largest of the dinosaurs, may be double that of its actual mass (38 tonnes vs. 18 tonnes).

So they aren’t actually being microsized.

>>>and they aren’t the source of oil

Are you sure? I never heard of a squeaking Brontosaurus.

[decimon]

They're talking about mass and bulk, not height or length.

Yup. More svelte.

[Vaduz]

True sea water trapped under ground does strange things.

[cripplecreek]

Just proves that all evolutionists are liars and potential terrorists. (just kidding)

Actually less massive dinosaurs makes the most sense. We know that the bones were fairly lightweight and at some point they would be crushed under the weight of a super massive dinosaur.

[decimon]

So they aren’t actually being microsized.

No, they've just adjusted the BMI.

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How big was the Ophrasaurus?

Not sure about that. but here's an artist rendition of how the Hilderbeastosaurus might have looked...

[cripplecreek]

That ain’t right.

[Daffynition]

[decimon]

Actually less massive dinosaurs makes the most sense.

It does to me. With less mass they are more agile and need less food to maintain their mass.

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That ain’t right.

Well, some scientists do speculate that the Hilderbeastosaurus had an even larger butt. This is mere speculation, however.

[decimon]

I tried that Primordial Soup. You wouldn’t believe the methane.

[6SJ7]

[Paradox]

Agreed about the lighter Dino’s. This solves a few conundrums in paleontology about bone size (tail bones and femurs). They just couldn’t seem to get things to add up correctly. It will be interesting to see if this pans out.

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