Re: Archaeopteryx flight

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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From: "Zoe Heraklides" <z_heraklides@hotmail.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Cc: <Dinogeorge@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Archaeopteryx flight


> In my studies of the manus (pl.) of theropods I don't see anything that
> renders the hand of tetanurines/maniraptorans any less opposible than
that
> of ceratosaurs. Care to educate me?

While I don't know about that, *Coelophysis* was apparently still able to
rotate its lower arms, while *Allosaurus* (pers. obs. on the cast in the
museum here) and more birdlike theropods can't do that -- which says the
former's arms were _better_ suited to climbing (not that I suggest *C.* was
capable of climbing!!!).