Talk:Neuquenraptor

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)

It also contradicts itself. The first paragraph states it was 2.5 meters long. The last paragraph states that it was 1.2 meters long. That's a difference of about four feet. 97.104.210.67 (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Given the redundancies and material that was speculative or didn't add anything, I made some rather drastic revisions. J. Spencer (talk) 18:47, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

The 1.2 metres height is from an interview with Novas. Conceivably the head could reach as high in an upright position.--MWAK (talk) 08:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)