Re: Ceratopsian Forelimb Articulation

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>]

At 11:53 AM 9/23/98 -0400, Michael Teuton wrote:
>Allan Edels wrote:
>>
>>     Sometime in the last few months, someone asked about ceratopsian
>> forelimbs - Were they fully-errct or did they have a sprawl to them?
>> Several people (myself, Tracy Ford and others) indicated that there was
>> slight sprawl to the forelimbs - with the elbows bent out.
>
>Are there any large land based extant animals that have a sprawling forelimb?

   Plus, what are the benefits/costs of holding up that massive
neoceratopian head with sprawled forelimbs?


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