Re: Athletic Performances

[Pieter.Depuydt@rug.ac.be]

Felix Landry asked
> <Can you tell me what were the best swimmers in the dinosaurs?>
Jeremy Frost wrote: 
> I always thought Compsognathus would have been a good swimmer.

I am not aware of any skeletal features of C. that might point 
towards good swimming abilities. Perhaps (correct me if I'm wrong) 
you base this statement on 'Compsognathus corrallestris' the 
'Compsognathus with flipper-like arms'; this species is not considered 
as valid anymore, the supposed remains of flipper-like arms are probably a 
structure that became superimposed on the animal body after its death 
(leaves I think).

Now I'm smashing an open door of course, but as best swimmer among 
dinosaurs I would suggest: Hesperornitiformes, pinguins and  auks....

Pieter Depuydt.