Comments on: The Allosaurs Make a Comeback http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/10/the-allosaurs-make-a-comeback/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Anonymous http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/10/the-allosaurs-make-a-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=2162#comment-1299 And sinraptorids. Don't forget the sinraptorids. All of those critters were all together in one big, happy allosauroidea. Megaraptor has a big, enlarged first digit with a ripping claw. Fukuiraptor and Chilantaisaurus were both mis-identified as raptors at first due to their big, ripping claws. In fact Australovenator is exactly what we would expect to confirm this family; it has an ankle bone that looks exactly like Fukuiraptor (its the new name for the "Australian Allosaur"), and yet it has hands a lot like Megaraptor. And sinraptorids. Don’t forget the sinraptorids. All of those critters were all together in one big, happy allosauroidea.

Megaraptor has a big, enlarged first digit with a ripping claw. Fukuiraptor and Chilantaisaurus were both mis-identified as raptors at first due to their big, ripping claws. In fact Australovenator is exactly what we would expect to confirm this family; it has an ankle bone that looks exactly like Fukuiraptor (its the new name for the “Australian Allosaur”), and yet it has hands a lot like Megaraptor.

]]> By: Zach Miller http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/10/the-allosaurs-make-a-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Zach Miller Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:32:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=2162#comment-1218 So it's not just allosaurs and carcharodontosaurs? Now it's neovenatorids, too? That's...wierd. I'd have to see the character list. Unless more <i>Megaraptor</i> material is known that I'm aware of, it seems like a bold statement to suggest it was related to <i>Neovenator</i> and <i>Fukiraptor</i> moreso than megalosaurs and spinosaurs. So it’s not just allosaurs and carcharodontosaurs? Now it’s neovenatorids, too? That’s…wierd. I’d have to see the character list. Unless more Megaraptor material is known that I’m aware of, it seems like a bold statement to suggest it was related to Neovenator and Fukiraptor moreso than megalosaurs and spinosaurs.

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