tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post6534868616535257726..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: A Brief Mega-Turtle BackgroundCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-40997224992076200062010-03-11T16:41:07.870-05:002010-03-11T16:41:07.870-05:00We're keeping the location of Ais vague until ...We're keeping the location of Ais vague until the project gets some sort of proper publication. It is possible to figure out from contextual clues though...Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-45994307324657707112010-03-11T16:12:59.279-05:002010-03-11T16:12:59.279-05:00Is Ais Florida or an island chain in a new north a...Is Ais Florida or an island chain in a new north american inland sea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-12986230814610859532010-03-09T07:11:47.896-05:002010-03-09T07:11:47.896-05:00Wood '82 estimated one Galapagos Turtle from E...Wood '82 estimated one Galapagos Turtle from Egemont Island with a 1.40 m carapace length to have a weight of 318 kg - so a similarly proportioned tortoise would be ~700 kg at 1.80 m and ~950 at 2.00 m. <br /><br />Sounds like Bakker had the alleged '12 foot carapace' in mind when he made the weight claim - although he must have missed when it was revised down to size in 1889 and 1974.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-68645374600815919702010-03-09T03:53:55.114-05:002010-03-09T03:53:55.114-05:00Ah, Colossochelys - I remember Bakker mentions tha...Ah, Colossochelys - I remember Bakker mentions that one in The Dinosaur Heresies. Did it really get to "four tons or more", or was he being a bit overenthusiastic there? (I believe the size he gives for Megalania is a bit large, too.)William Millernoreply@blogger.com