Re: Segnosaurs

["Jaime Headden" <jaemei@hotmail.com>]

<<*Therizinosaurus* from a huge set of claws, vertebrae, parts of tyhe 
hindlimb, and ribs, with referred forelimb, giving us an unfortunately 
incomplete picture of the thing>>

<I though _Therizinosaurus was known only from prectoral gridle, 
forelimb, and hand material, with the legs being questionably referred?>

Funny thing is, that's refered material. The type are claws and 
phalanges, with flattened ribs and some vertebral fragments that were 
considered a sauropod's, yet *Alxasaurus* and *Segnosaurus* both have 
sauropod-style flat ribs, so guess what.... The holotype also has a foot 
that is of segnosaurian form (Russell and Russell, 1993) and then 
there's the refered material of more claws, vertebrae, and a hindlimb 
from the Khereem Tsav, with claws from Kazakstan.

<<The *Velociraptor* are still ten feet long and the size of 
*Deinonychus*>>

<They were considerably larger then _Deinonychus_; _Deinonychus_ isn't
all that big.>

Then *Utahraptor,* the size of a pony.

Jaime A. Headden
Qilongia

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