Re: CROCODYLOMORPH ENDOTHERMY

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-24 10:36:13 EST, dwn194@soton.ac.uk (D.W.Naish)
writes:

>This is not a new idea, and has been proposed several times in view of the
>erect
>gait and 'active air' of the earliest crocodylomorphs - _Sphenosuchus_ and
>such.
>Hans Sues, for example, implies it in the evolution section of the Merehurst
>Crocodiles book. 

All modern crocs retain the elongate proximal carpal bones (yes, carpal
bones) of their long-and-slender-limbed ancestors. This is a very strong
argument for secondary sprawling in crocs.