Re: Theropod forelimbs

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

> *Less* quadrupedal than a 'roo. Kangaroos spend a lot of time moving 
> slowly using a pentapedal
> gait (the tail being the fifth 'limb'). They have no trouble orienting 
> their man[us] palm-down.

Yes, but the forelimbs of *Camptosaurus* _nonetheless_ show numerous 
adaptations to bearing weight (in a more or less unguligrade pose, with 
mildly hyperextended fingers II and III), even though the hands faced each 
other unlike in kangaroos.

_Manus_ belongs to the U declension, not the O declension; the plural is 
again manus (this time with a long u, but vowel length isn't normally 
written in Latin).