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(12-18-2020, 12:50 AM)DinoFan83 Wrote: @tigerluver 

It is based on the discrepancy between the new skull reconstruction in Ibrahim et al. 2020 for the neotype (122 cm) and SpinoInWonderland's estimate for MSNM v4047 (186 cm). Given that FSAC-KK 11888 and MSNM v4047 do not overlap, this is based on general similarities between the full skull reconstructions, and it looks to me as though both have been restored using criteria that was very similar if not the same.
Comparing both of them, it seems to me that the size difference between the 2 specimens is very likely 52.5% instead of 32.5%, and this is further supported by the fact that they are about the same shape; MSNM v4047 does not look any more elongate which would be misleading to go off of were it the case.

As for the thoracic vertebra, I believe that yes, it's parsimonious for it to be S. aegyptiacus in light of Smyth et al.

Could you please direct me to the page with the estimation described. I can't seem to find it in SpinoInWonderland's page Reply