Re: thanks and a note about _Alxasaurus_

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/2/99 2:24:50 AM EST, qilongia@yahoo.com writes:

<<  Anterior
 (flexor) expression of the proximal end metatarsal V in both groups is
 again blown in that primitive prosauropods and *Alxasaurus* (which
 preserves this bone) both possess proximally _obscured_ mt V's. >>

Hope you're talking about mt I, not mt V here. Mt V is vestigial or absent in
prosauropods, ornithischians, and segnosaurs. Mt V not preserved in
_Alxasaurus_, neither is proximal part of mt I for that matter, so your
statement cannot be substantiated.