Re: Tracks of swimming theropod found in China

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, bh480@scn.org wrote:
> From: Ben Creisler
> bh480@scn.org
> A news story being carried by Chinese news services:
>
> Trackways found in China have been identified as a large swimming theropod
> with toes that touched bottom while in water. The find was made in Chicheng
> County in Hebei Province and dates to the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. A
> description will appear in an article by Xing Lida, Jerry Harris, and
> others in the new issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.  Article
> has photo and artwork.
>
> http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2011-10-31/09096253115.shtml

Looking at the second picture

http://i0.sinaimg.cn/IT/d/2011-10-31/U1235P2T1D6253115F9DT20111031093045.jpg

it occurs to me that's why the forelimbs are so small - reduce drag
while swimming...

You heard it hear first, folks.