Re: 3 fingered T. rex?

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Dino Guy Ralph <ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu>:

> One of the news stories at www.dinosaurnews.org discusses "Peck's rex,"
> which is said to have many interesting details, including a furcula and a
> 3rd metacarpal.  Freelance dinosaur buff Thomas Hoelmer states: "Every _T.
> rex_ picture or skeleton that doesn't have the third finger is wrong."
> !!!!!

Um, with all due respect, freelance dinosaur buff Thomas Hoelmer doesn't know
what he's talking about.  We already knew _T. rex_ retained a third metacarpal,
but AFAIK no known tyrannosaurid retained a third digit.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan