RE: Am I being very simple? A search for a comprehensive description of Velociraptor

[Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Best are-

Norell and Makovicky, 1997. Important features of the dromaeosaur skeleton: 
  Information from a new specimen. American Museum Novitates. 3215, 28 pp.

Norell and Makovicky, 1999. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton 
  II: Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. 
  American Museum Novitates. 3282, 45 pp.

There's still no good description of cervicals, anterior dorsals, ribs, humeri, 
radii, ulnae or carpals.

Mickewy Mortimer

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> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:46:15 +0000
> 
From: Mark.Witton@port.ac.uk
> To: 
dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Am I being very simple? A 
search for a comprehensive description of 
Velociraptor
>
> Hi 
folks,
>
> I've been searching high and low for 
details on the postcranial anatomy
> for Velociraptor 
(mongoliensis ideally), but can't find anything 
really
> comprehensive. Is there a good overview of this material 
anywhere?
> Something with a substantial number of 
illustrations of actual
> specimens, not mere lateral 
reconstructions? It feels like there should
> be: the 
quality, popularity and completeness of Velociraptor material
> 
seems to make it an ideal candidate for a good osteological 
description,
> but all I can find are very papers dealing with 
very specific parts of
> its 
anatomy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 
Mark
>
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