Re: more exclusive news of theropod

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 02:02 PM 8/3/99 +0200, Thomas Hamann wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've had a last look at my notes which I'd written down when I spoke to Mr. 
>Viohl yesterday. There are two more interesting passages: Mr. Viohl said
that he 
>hopes the arms of the animal will be preparated soon. Then you can compare
them 
>with the arms and hands of Compsognathus longipes, which had only two claws
per 
>hand. So such a comparison would help a lot.

Except, of course, compsognathids are now known to be three-fingered, and
Ostrom's two-fingered hypothesis has been revised.  Make certain Viohl gets
a chance to examine _Scipionyx_ and _Sinosauropteryx_ while describing the
new German form.

Looking forward to seeing more of this new taxon.


                        Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                        Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology                   Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland                  College Park Scholars
College Park, MD  20742       
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