Re: Tyranno Hands - Wings and Such

[cnedin@geology.adelaide.edu.au (Chris Nedin)]

Tony Thulborn wrote:

[...]

>        When I say that "few" of us accept theropod/avian digits as
>2-3-4, I may be exaggerating.  There's me... and... er...um.  Oh dear.
>Back to the swamp.

Interestingly, embryologists have been claiming for years that the avian
digits are 2 - 3 - 4.

Chris

P.S. could you supply the reference to the paper again please? I missed it
the first time

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