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sl8

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4. That was my first thought, but ...

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 17, 2023, 09:51 AM

Sep 2023

I was mistaking the tarsometatarsus for the tibia.

In this pic, the femurs are red, the tibias blue:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsometatarsus

The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.

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The picture is just an example, not of the dino in question.

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That was my first thought, but ... sl8 Sep 2023 #4

OK. Thanks. Jim__ Sep 2023 #5

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