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Re: Kneecap

Put simply: no, dinosaurs did not have kneecaps (patellae).
I'd be curious to know more about that turkey kneecap, though...

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:19:29 +0100 (CET), Martin Baeker
<martin.baeker@tu-bs.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is a very simple question:
> 
> did dinosaurs have kneecaps or were these invented by mammals/synapsids?
> 
> I skimmed through all my dinosaur books but never saw a dinosaurian
> kneecap, so I assumed the latter. Strange thingis, I found a quote by
> McNeill alexander mentioning a turkey kneecap. So now I'm rather confused.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Martin.
> 
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