Re: Deinocheirus - size stats?

["Rob Gay" <rob@dinodomain.com>]

> trackways attributed to Deinocherus as some kind of gigantic "raptor".<
This raises a question I've had in my mind for a while, but have just put
off (a.k.a. forgotten about) until now.
When I was in Utah this summer, there were some tracks at the College of
Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum labeled as _Deinonychus_. They were longer
than one's hand, and had two well defined toes, and one skinny, but still
obviously present, toe. Obviously, e've had the debate over trackway
assignment before; but, how reliable is this assignment (not to the genus
level, obviously). Is it safe to call these dromeosaurid-made trackways? Or,
are these just badly preserved prints of something else?
Peace,
Rob

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