RE: Femora of Titanosauriformes: What am I looking for?

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Mike Lima
> Subject: Femora of Titanosauriformes: What am I looking for?
>
> Two characteristics of Titanosauriformes are "Femoral
> shaft with lateral bulge, proximal one-third deflected
> medially" (Wilson, 2002). 

[snip]

> Are these characteristics pointed out in illustration
> in any sort of literature? Or can anyone help direct
> me to what I should be looking at?

Fig. 43, p. 36, of Wilson & Sereno 1998 (SVP Memoir 5).

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