Re: Archaeopteryx flight

["Zoe Heraklides" <z_heraklides@hotmail.com>]

George Olshevsky (dinogeorge@aol.com) writes:

> In Syntarsus
> and Dilophosaurus the first metacarpal does seem to lie out of plane with 
> the
> other metacarpals, and Galton (1971) argued that the pollex (of Syntarsus)
> was therefore opposable to the other digits.

Do you have the exact citation?

> Tough to study this stuff even if you have the specimens in hand (another
> %$#@ pun; sorry).

Indeed!

I'm glad to see that we can continue this discussion. If I am "scooping" 
somebody's research unintentionally, they can tell me off-list, or just come 
round to my lab and beat me with a big stick. Until then...

Kindly

Zoe



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