Re: [dinosaur] Longest sauropod rib

I seem to recall that there is an SV-POW! post on this (I'm sure Mike
Taylor can send you said link). There are monstrous fragments out there,
but the biggest complete rib I have ever personally seen is over 274 cm
from an Apatosaurus(?) at the MOR.

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:39 AM Poekilopleuron <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Good day to all listmembers, I would like to ask what is the longest
> sauropod rib on record? I recall seeing reference for a 306 cm long rib in
> _Supersaurus vivanae_, but there are probably fragmentary remains of even
> longer ribs? How long/thick could possibly be an Argentinosaurus rib? Thank
> you in advance! Tom
>


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Cary Woodruff
PhD Student
University of Toronto - Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, ON
Director of Paleontology
Great Plains Dinosaur Museum
Malta, MT
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The Sauropoda have been considered as the least specialized of the
Dinosauria, and in many respects this is doubtless true, but in its
adaptation for the application of those mechanical principles which combine
maximum strength with minimum weight and increased surface for muscular
attachment, the vertebral column of *Diplodocus* exhibits a remarkable
degree of specialization, unsurpassed if not unequaled by other
vertebrates. - J. B. Hatcher