Re: [dinosaur] Longest sauropod rib

Actually, there almost certainly is NOT and SV-POW! post on this, though I
can certainly see why people would expect there to be. At least, if there
is such a post, then (A) I don't remember writing or reading it, and (B)
it's not filed under "ribs" at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__svpow.com_category_ribs_&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=IkAgz48hyOJwoE6EFcBZZ6oKyKharYbXflApkCXWDNU&s=-e9bBfD_UyKwkil46weJVkCPX7dB7fKeyUZEPko_fMs&e= 

In his monograph of Brachiosaurus, Riggs (1904:239) notes that "One of the
more slender ribs from the mid-thoracic region measures fully nine feet
(2.745 m) in length", which is almost exactly the same length as the
?Apatosaurus rib that Cary saw at the MOR. I have a vague feeling of
reading about an Asian sauropod with a longer rib, but I can't remember the
name of that animal.

Sorry.

-- Mike.


On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 16:06, Cary Woodruff <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
> --
> Cary Woodruff
> PhD Student
> University of Toronto - Royal Ontario Museum
> Toronto, ON
> Director of Paleontology
> Great Plains Dinosaur Museum
> Malta, MT
> [email protected]
>
> 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
>