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Re: Kneecap

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Kneecap
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:38:44 +0100
References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503151117040.1609@gecko.ifw.ing.tu-bs.de> <1037412e050315045535aa4d3b@mail.gmail.com>
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Put simply: no, dinosaurs did not have kneecaps (patellae).
I'd be curious to know more about that turkey kneecap, though...


Birds from Hesperornithes onwards do have kneecaps.

References:
- Kneecap
  - From: Martin Baeker <martin.baeker@tu-bs.de>
- Re: Kneecap
  - From: Jordan Mallon <jordan.mallon@gmail.com>