Comments on: The History of Prehistory in Life http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/11/19/the-history-of-prehistory-in-life/ The institutionalized doodles and discoveries of a dead-animal designer. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cameron McCormick http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/11/19/the-history-of-prehistory-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11471 Cameron McCormick Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:50:20 +0000 http://www.hmnh.org/?p=662#comment-11471 Egads, yet another "<i>Gigantosaurus</i>" illustration? Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to update my post. This illustration actually gives a species name, which lets us know that it is now a member of the genus <i>Tornieria</i>. Recent analysis indicates that it was actually the same size as <i>Diplodocus</i> but appears to have proportionally shorter limbs. I have no idea why they assumed it was so, well, gigantic. Egads, yet another “Gigantosaurus” illustration? Thanks for the heads up, I’ll have to update my post.

This illustration actually gives a species name, which lets us know that it is now a member of the genus Tornieria. Recent analysis indicates that it was actually the same size as Diplodocus but appears to have proportionally shorter limbs. I have no idea why they assumed it was so, well, gigantic.

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