Re: Rigid dinosaurs

[Mike Taylor <mike@miketaylor.org.uk>]

> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:15:27 -0700
> From: "Jerry D. Harris" <jharris@dixie.edu>
> 
> Nuchal ligaments appear to be derived from supraspinous ligaments.
> Only SOME mammals have a true nuchal ligament; no non-mammalian
> animal, including birds, has one.

What about _Rhea_, as figured and discussed by Tsuihiji 2004?  Are you
saying that you don't consider that to be "nuchal" because it's
derived from the Lig. elasticum interspinale rather than
Lig. elasticum supraspinale?

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Tsuihiji, Takanobu.  2004.  The ligament system in the neck of _Rhea
americana_ and its implication for the bifurcated neural spines of
sauropod dinosaurs.  JVP 24(1): 165-172.