Osteology of Balaur bondoc

[Jaime Headden <qi_leong@hotmail.com>]

European, short-footed, double-sickle claws, maybe two-fingered, stocky, 
robust, unique. Phylogeny speculates a near-*Velociraptor mongoliensis* 
placement, but is preliminary. Specimens are not particularly juvenile (there 
are two, one larger than the holotype and possibly not a specimen of *Balaur 
bondoc*).

http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6419

Cheers,

Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff (site v2)
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