Re: T. rex as ankylosaur specialist

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

The _T. rex_ unguals that I've seen look typically theropodan (narrow,
pointed, bird-like, with deep lateral groove), but they have only a
*slight* curve (definately not a "recurve" seen in dromies and many
avialians).

Jeff Smith Studios sells some nice casts of adult _T. rex_ unguals at
reasonable prices.

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On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:22:55 +1000 Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
writes:
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:13:30 -0600, Ken.Carpenter wrote
> > Pedal claws are not very curved, which is how foot and hand claws 
> are
> > easily separated.
> 
> I have a cast of a tyrannosaur pedal claw at home, and it looks 
> fairly 
> recurved to me. It's a dead ringer in size and shape for a baryonyx 
> thumb 
> claw... unless the cast isn't what the Monash Science Centre told me 
> it was?
> 
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