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Re: solnhofen

To: Dinogeorge@aol.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: solnhofen
From: "Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:12:48 -0500
Reply-to: twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu


Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

<< but ALL ground-dwelling theropods representing birds
 that lost the power of stroke!!!??? >>

Err... that should have read "power of flight". My bad. Freudian fumble, I guess.

Just the maniraptorans. Earlier, less advanced theropods descended from
dinobirds that had not yet developed the maniraptoran wingstroke, whose
forelimbs were not particularly winglike.

What primordial aerial locomotor function were these non-winged forelimbs used for then?

Tim


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