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Re: Theropod limbs - how mobile?

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Subject: Re: Theropod limbs - how mobile?
From: John Conway <john_conway@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 22:26:38 +1000
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On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 06:35  PM, no go wrote:

I wonder if those tiny forelimbs could be used as display structures to indicate interest or threat.

I have always liked the idea of tyrannosaurids using their arms for display. Here's a drawing I did a couple of years ago, entitled "The Mating Dance"

homepage.mac.com/john_conway/albertosaurus-sarcophagus.jpg

John Conway, Palaeoartist

"All art is quite useless." - Oscar Wilde

Protosite: http://homepage.mac.com/john_conway/
Systematic ramblings: http://homepage.mac.com/john_conway/phylogenetic/

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