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Re: Gwangi

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Gwangi
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:35:48 +0930
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Danvarner@aol.com writes:

The painting is based on W. D. Matthew's original preliminary skeletal drawing. See: http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/dino/images/osb4h.jpg

To quote the figure: "The association of the small forearm is probably incorrect".

Ah, the clarity of hind-sight! We're all so used to seeing those puny forelimbs now, but they must have seemed strange on such a large predator back then.

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Dann Pigdon
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