RE: Duckbill necks

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

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        From:   forelf@internet19.fr [SMTP:forelf@internet19.fr]
        Sent:   Thursday, September 03, 1998 7:57 PM
        To:     Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com
        Cc:     dinosaur@usc.edu
        Subject:        RE: Duckbill necks

        Dwight Stewart wrote:

        > Hmmm...  Out of this, here is the item that peaks my curiosity:
has ANY
        > evidence ever been found of dinosaur tail dragging?  

        Yes. Or maybe should I say tail resting? I'm refering to a unique
alerge
        ornithopood track (possibly iguanodont) which shows that the animal
was in
        a bipedal, kangaroo-like pose, with the tail resting on the ground.
And it
        was much like Dollo's original reconstructions, although it may have
been
        in a defense position. I say that because the tail 'impression' is
quite
        deep as if the animal was leaning against the ground. It looks also
a bit
        like Bakker's anchisaur reconstruction in TDH.

        Best regards.


        Félix Landry
        e-mail: forelf@internet19.fr <mailto:forelf@internet19.fr> 

        Hmmm... One wonders if it was leaning back on it's tail MUCH like a
kangaroo.
        If it WAS a Iguanodon, those thumb spikes might have been used as a
defensive weapon in a pose like that, maybe?

        Dwight