Re: Modelling large theropod movement

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> [...] I am not sure why so many people assume the
> ventral view as illustrated by Osborn is normal.

Oh.

I guess it's because Osborn -- or those who copied his illustration and then 
copied those copies! -- didn't illustrate any fractures and drew nice smooth 
lines so it doesn't look crushed.

Did the ilia touch above the neural spines, or is that just crushing, too?

> The femur head touches the sacral vertebrae (as
> I discovered in mounting the cast of AMNH 5027 in Philly).

Well, at least that part of my post was correct, then.