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[Blade-of-the-Moon]

But BotM said Diablo was 216" long:

216" = 5.5 m
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs p.258 says 4.5 m.
Who's right? Blade or Gregory? 

I looked it up online for my part.

Diabloceratops /daɪˌæbloʊˈsɛrətɒps/ [dee-ab-lo-ser-a-tops] is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 79 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Utah, in the United States.[1] Diabloceratops was a medium sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 5.5 m (18.0 ft) long.[2] Diabloceratops is paleontologically significant because, at the time of its discovery, it was the oldest known ceratopsid, and first centrosaurine known from latitudes south of Montana.

[tyrantqueen]

Did you use Wikipedia? It's not particularly reliable..

[postsaurischian]

I've just read about it in the Glut encyclopedia, supplement 7 pp.334-336.
Diabloceratops is only known from two incomplete skulls (skull length estimated at 62 cm from rostrum to condyle).
In comparison with other centrosaurines I would say a total length of 450 cm is more likely than 550 cm.
But of course I do not know. Maybe it had a crocodile-like tail or something like that .

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Did you use Wikipedia? It's not particularly reliable..

That quote was from Wiki, but I found other pages that said the same so figured it was pretty close to base my estimate on .

That might be a bigger specimen of course I don't think we know exactly how old the ones we have are.  I would consider a meter here or there to be possible. Not all dinosaurs had the same measurements of course..longer /shorter tails and necks...that sort of thing does happen.

[Simon]

But BotM said Diablo was 216" long:

216" = 5.5 m
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs p.258 says 4.5 m.
Who's right? Blade or Gregory? 

I looked it up online for my part.

Diabloceratops /daɪˌæbloʊˈsɛrətɒps/ [dee-ab-lo-ser-a-tops] is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 79 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Utah, in the United States.[1] Diabloceratops was a medium sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 5.5 m (18.0 ft) long.[2] Diabloceratops is paleontologically significant because, at the time of its discovery, it was the oldest known ceratopsid, and first centrosaurine known from latitudes south of Montana.

216" x 2.5 cm = 540cm /100 = 5.4 m

[postsaurischian]

216" x 2.5 cm = 540cm /100 = 5.4 m

Sorry Simon, but when you're getting nit-picky the correct calculation must be: 216" x 2.54 = 548.64 cm = 5.49 m (which is about 5.5 m ).

[tyrantqueen]

(Perhaps this should be split off into its own thread, about dinosaur scale or something of that nature)

So, I should avoid Wikipedia for estimates in future, and rely on those given by paleontologists instead?

[Simon]

216" x 2.5 cm = 540cm /100 = 5.4 m

Sorry Simon, but when you're getting nit-picky the correct calculation must be: 216" x 2.54 = 548.64 cm = 5.49 m (which is about 5.5 m ).

Hot dog!  Really?  Well I just learned something new!!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

(Perhaps this should be split off into its own thread, about dinosaur scale or something of that nature)

So, I should avoid Wikipedia for estimates in future, and rely on those given by paleontologists instead?

I'd trust Scott Hartman but he hasn't done one for this species yet.

[tyrantqueen]

Kinda off topic, but am I the only one who wonders what Dan's personal collection must be like (or if he even has one)?

I bet it looks something like this:

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I assure you Dan has one..and some nice gems in it as well..

[Dan]

Replace the mountains of gold coins with mountains of styrofoam packing peanuts, and you're spot on.

[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

Replace the mountains of gold coins with mountains of styrofoam packing peanuts, and you're spot on.

Oh goodie!

[Dan]

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[Blade-of-the-Moon]

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[Dan]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

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[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

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[sauroid]

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[Dan]

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