Re: coelurosaurs Allosaurus-like (was Sino. ischium)

["Mickey_Mortimer11" <Mickey_Mortimer11@email.msn.com>]

Ken Kinman wrote-

>      Okay.  For now I'll go with:  "ascending process of astragalus more
> than 21% tibial length, and loss of transverse grooves across condyles."
> As for astragalar height/width ratios, won't these values for Allosaurus
and
> Fukuiraptor also be close to those of some coelurosaurs?

Well, Fukuiraptor's ratio would still be in the coelurosaur range, but those
of other non-coelurosaurs wouldn't.  This is because non-coelurosaurs have
more robust tibiae, making them comparatively wider, so they have smaller
height/width ratios.

Mickey Mortimer