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Re: Dromaeosaurus Tracks?
In a message dated 6/22/2007 1:46:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dinoguy@sbcglobal.net writes:
<< The famous "fighting dinosaurs" of the
Gobi preserve a snapshot of _Velociraptor_ imbedding its killer claw into
the throat of _Protoceratops_, so it is doubtful that the claws were merely
for display. >>
I've mentioned it here a bazillion times, the the foot of the Velociraptor
in the "Fighting Dinosaurs" group that is NOT in the throat of the
Protocerceratops shows a digit #2 that is NOT hyperflexed. I would imagine
that this
would be the "normal" pose. Matt Smith showed this in his model of V. for the
AMNH. DV
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