RE: Claw function in Deinonychus

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Tim Williams wrote-

> > Note that in the largest-bodied taxa, the claw seems to be larger 
> > proportionately.
>
> Hmmm.. are you sure?  I seem to recall that the sickle-claw of 
> _Achillobator_ was proportionately quite small - compared to _Deinonychus_ 
> anyway.

Achillobator's ungual seems to be manual (Senter et al., 2004), as I had 
listed as a possibility back in 2000 
(http://dml.cmnh.org/2000Oct/msg00476.html).  Same with Unenlagia? 
paynemili's, by the way.  Which makes Makovicky et al.'s claim it was nearly 
identical to Neuquenraptor's pedal ungual pretty laughable.

Mickey Mortimer