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RE: Kakuru question
Dann Pigdon wrote:
>...I have just come across an interesting quote from Ralph Molnar's
>"Fossil Reptiles in Australia" article in "Vertebrate Palaeontology of
>Australasia" concerning the Kakuru tibia:
> ...it was possible to determine that this astragalus differed
> significantly from that of any other theropod (but one, and
> that yet to be studied). ...
>From memory (always a dangerous thing), I think he may be referring to a
tibia and/or astragalus from western Africa (Niger?).
I know Molnar has mentioned the provenance of this _Kakuru_-like material
elsewhere - perhaps in _The Dinosauria_, or in a general text on Australian
prehistory to which he contributed a chapter?
Tim
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