tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post151625066997227446..comments2023-11-05T04:41:29.920-08:00Comments on Dracovenator: I'm slow but I get there in the end: Megaraptor in OzAdam Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-5934264484712255552008-06-18T11:13:00.000-07:002008-06-18T11:13:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, the distal tibia isn't preserved, s...Unfortunately, the distal tibia isn't preserved, so the morphology of the astragalar ridge is unknown.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-60775886170243007402008-06-18T06:13:00.000-07:002008-06-18T06:13:00.000-07:00Okay, I wasn't aware that there was so much more M...Okay, I wasn't aware that there was so much more Megaraptor material (I was working from the Calvo et al. 2004 paper). However this still doesn't look like it will help in sorting out if Chilantaisaurus really is realated to Megaraptor. It would be nice to know if the tibia dispalys the distal ridge that Rauhut used to place Chilantaisaurus close to the spinosaurids.Adam Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-19471913717914060062008-06-18T02:28:00.000-07:002008-06-18T02:28:00.000-07:00Other elements known in both Chilantaisaurus (IVPP...Other elements known in both Chilantaisaurus (IVPP V2884) and Megaraptor are proximal caudal vertebrae (MUCPv 341), femora (UNPSJB-PV 944 and 958), tibia (UNPSJB-PV 958), fibula (UNPSJB-PV 944 and 958), metatarsal II (UNPSJB-PV 944 and 958) and metatarsal III (MCF-PVPH 79), though the listed limb elements are generally fragmentary in known Megaraptor specimens.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.com