Re: Dromaeosaur tails and twisting

[David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net>]

D'oh!

  Heres the pic I'm talking about.
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/dromaeosaur_tails.php


On Sep 5, 2008, at 9:59 AM, David Krentz wrote:

>  Can anyone tell me if this tail has a twist in the distal end?   
> Interesting that there is a s-curve though with all those long rods  
> "stiffening" the tail.  It seems as though the consensus is that the  
> fossil is distorted.
> Generally though, how much twist was there in dinosaur tails?  For  
> instance, could the tail of a T.rex twisted so that by the end of  
> the tail the vertabrate have rotated 90 degrees?  What modern  
> lizards are good analogies for dinosaur tails.  Are dino tails  
> depicted as too stiff?
>
> D