File talk:Plateosaurus ottoneum.jpg

caution: bad mount

This is a very bad mount of a cast of SMNS 13200, stemming originally form the Stuttgart museum exhibit. Note that the ulna and radius have been exchanged at the elbow! This image should thus not be used to represent the current scientific view of Plateosaurus, as it gives a wrong picutre.

Refs:

• Bonnan, M. and Senter, P. (2007). Were the basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs Plateosaurus and Massospondylus habitual quadrupeds? Pp. 139-155 in Barrett, P.M. and Batten, D.J. (Eds.): Evolution and Palaeobiology of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:157-168
• Mallison, H. (in review). The digital Plateosaurus I: body mass, mass distribution and posture assessed using CAD and CAE on a digitally mounted complete skeleton. Palaeontologia Electronica
• Mallison, H. (in review). The digital Plateosaurus II: an assessment of the range of motion of the limbs and vertebral column and of previous reconstructions using a digital skeletal mount. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Mallison, H. (accepted). The Computerized Plateosaurus: How CAD Models and Kinetic/Dynamic Modeling Improve Understanding an Extinct Animal. In Klein, N., Remes, K. and Sander M. (Eds): Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the life of giants. Life of the Past (series ed. Farlow, J.) Indiana University Press.HMallison (talk) 22:44, 7 November 2009 (UTC)