Re: Prosauropods & Edmarka

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

> I had thought basal theropods could pronate their hands.  In fact, it was
my
> impresson that most non-avian theropods were capable of
pronation/supination
> of the manus - until that whopping semilunate carpal block came along and
> turned the wrist into a swivel joint.

That rotation movement doesn't depend on the wrists but on the forearms &
elbows, try it with your own, un/lock a door and you'll see you don't need
to move your wrists at all. It is already impossible in *Allosaurus*.

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