Re: 4 winged dino NOVA

[Denver Fowler <df9465@yahoo.co.uk>]

"Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
>I 
have 
to 
W4TP 
(wait 
for 
the 
program), 
since 
I 
haven't 
seen 
it 
yet, 
but 
it
>could 
be 
that 
their 
model 
uses 
vertically-oriented 
hindlimbs. 
SO 
that 
they
>would 
not 
be 
"wings" 
proper, 
but 
more 
like 
the 
tail 
vane 
of 
a 
plane.

the video here...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/

.. which i would guess is going to be part of the PBS special, shows pretty 
clearly that the legs are very splayed in the model.





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