RE: Sickle-Clawed birds (fwd)

["Tracy Ford" <tlford@ix.netcom.com>]

 

 

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Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:46 PM
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Subject: Re: Sickle-Clawed birds (fwd)

 

Sorry, I'm *really* speaking of Patago*pteryx*. Please have a look at Classifications|Avialae|Ornithurae|Patagopteryx in http://dinosauricon.com. Anyway, thank you for information about Ornitholestes and Megaraptor (and I simply forgot Noasaurus, you know, so sickle claws have evolved more than once).

 

The type specimen of Patagopteryx doesn’t have toes (only a few phalanges) preserved. So how can it have a sickle claw? There is no indication for it.

 

Tracy