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Concavenator (was RE: Dinosaur Revolution Review)
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Sim Koning
>
> Also, what about Concavenator corcavatus? Are those bumps
> still considered to be possible quill knobs?
>
A (very reasonable but not yet subject to peer-review) alternative hypothesis
is that they are representations of the intramuscular
line
http://dotsindeeptime.blogspot.com/
http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/09/concavenator-feathers-becklespinax-and.html
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/09/concavenator_incredible_allosauroid.php
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