Spinosaur Arms [was Carnotaurus]

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Mike Keesey (tmk@dinosauricon.com) wrote:

<The large first manual ungual is a trait of a larger group,
possibly a primitive trait for most _Tetanurae_. I don't think
they were all fishing, although I suppose it could have been
used for such a purpose in some of them.>

  Certainly they were doing something with those arms, being so
well-proportioned with large sites for muscles attachments, and
several long-arm levers for the primary motivators, including on
the forearm and claws. It's the phalanges that need to be investigated....

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Jaime A. Headden

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