Re: the first raptor

["Steven Coombs" <gasperex@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Aspidel" <aspidel@wanadoo.be>
> Reply-To: aspidel@wanadoo.be
> To: "The Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Re: the first raptor
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:32:26 +0100
> And what about _Rahonavis_ (again!) with its sicle-claws? (maybe a bit
> later)
> Friendly - Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.


_Rahonavis_ lived during the maastrichtian of Madagascar it did have sickled 
shaped claws similar to _Velociraptor_ and _Deinonychus_, although of much 
smaller size. These tools must have been perfect for killing and dissembling 
prey effectively such as small mammals, lizards, snakes, and how about baby 
titanosaurs?

Steven Coombs
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