Re: Deinonychus/uncinate process

[ST-grock@artemis.earth.monash.edu.au (Darren R. Grocke)]

Jeff Poling wrote:
 
>>   I am confused about this thread also.  An "uncinate process" is not a
>> specific bone, but rather a feature of a bone.  Uncinate processes are
>> hook-like or hooked projections on a bone...any bone.
>>   So, which bone are we talking about? 

Chartier Michel wrote:
 
>I was also wondering about what an uncinate process is. As Philip says,
>it is a feature of a bone, but I thought it was specific to a particular
>bone (or set of bones). For example, I looked up the definition in the
>Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology by Allaby, and it said (in part):
>        "In birds, a protrusion of bone from a rib, enabling it to 
>        join on to the rib behind by means of ligaments. ..."
>
>So, is this the same feature we're talking about in Deinonychus?

I had the same meaning in my head and I believed it meant the same for
Deinonychus!!  I guess we just have to wait for the originator of this
topic (D. W. Naish) to inform us of exactly what he meant!

Darren

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