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Re: The Question Of The Day ?
>Seriously, I have a fondness for bizarre, somewhat enigmatic dinosaurs,
>like the therizinosauroids ("segnosaurs"). I also reeeeeeeeally wanna know
>what the heck _Deinocheirus_ is!!
Well, except for size, there is nothing to seperate Deinocheirus from the
Ornithomimosauria. The alledged 'raptorial' claws is hogwash: those
unguals are quite broad transversely and do not have the curve to them that
Torvosaurus, Dryptosaurus, and other large-clawed predatory theropods have.
(Still, it would be good if we found more of the skeleton, just to know for
certain...)
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. Phone: 703-648-5280
Vertebrate Paleontologist Fax: 703-648-5420
tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov ------------> th81@umail.umd.edu
U.S. Geological Survey -------------> University of Maryland
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Reston, VA 22092 -------------> College Park, MD 20742
U.S.A.