Re: Raptors

["TRUETT GARNER" <DINOBOY@worldnet.att.net>]

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> From: Stewart, Dwight <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>
> To: 'jwoolf@erinet.com'; James.Close@LibertyMutual.com
> Cc: Dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: RE: Raptors
> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 6:37 PM
> 
> On the same "raptorish" thread :-): was Utahraptor known at the time that
> JP1 was made?  And, speaking of Dromaeosaurs, does anyone have a good
> mechanical model of how fast they could run.  50-60 MPHs sounds high to
me
> for an animal with legs like theirs.  I would guess that's more in line
for
> Gallimimus.
> 
> Dwight
> 

Dwight , 
If I'm not badly mistaken , Utahraptor was discovered during the filming of
JP . Jim Kirkland can probably clarify this .As for Dromaeosaurid speed ,
I've recently read (can't find the ref. at the moment ) that their leg
anatomy most resembles animals which
were agile  , but not necessarily speedy . 

Regards , Truett Garner