Talk:Neuquenraptor

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[edit] Size comparison

"Standing only about 1.2 meters (four feet) tall and less than 1.8 meters (six feet) in length, Neuquenraptor was much smaller than North American dromaeosaurids such as Utahraptor."
-- Is there some reason to use Utahraptor as the logical size comparison here, rather than saying (for example), "Standing about 1.2 meters (four feet) tall and less than 1.8 meters (six feet) in length, Neuquenraptor was about the same size as the North American dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes or the Asian dromaeosaurid Velociraptor." -- Writtenonsand (talk) 21:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that just seems weird. Utahraptor is gigantic for a dromaeosaur. Also, where is the 1.2 meter thing measured from? Certainly not the hip, unless it had a very short tail or other odd proportions. Velociraptor was 2 meters long and only 0.5 meters at the hip. Dinoguy2 (talk) 00:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)