Re: paleonet Czerkas and Norell in Discover

[Dinogeorge@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 7/27/2005 6:52:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, tijawi@yahoo.com writes:

Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

 

> I am looking right now at the original description, the figure of the manus on p 2117. There is

> no semilunate carpal.

 

There is a trochleate articulation.  This is functionally and anatomically homologous to the maniraptoran semilunate carpal joint.

But it's not a semilunate carpal. That came later in segnosaurs. Homologous, schmo-mologous.

 

 

> Someone out there has an overactive imagination.

 

Indeed.  The culprit is closer than you might think.  :-)

Who? You??