May 2016 PMID 26368529

Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae).

Matt A White, Phil R Bell, Alex G Cook, David G Barnes, Travis R Tischler, Brant J Bassam, David A Elliott

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Throughout the discussions, some participants support the article's findings on forearm mobility with detailed mentions of joint rotation and wrist flexibility, using words like 'useful traits' and 'greater reach,' which show positive engagement. Conversely, others critique the research by referencing external studies or questioning methods, illustrating a mix of acceptance and skepticism that shapes the overall moderate scores.

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The discussions show mixed opinions; some support the conclusions about Australovenator's forearm mobility, while others challenge specific interpretations and cite conflicting studies.

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There is moderate interest among participants, especially those referencing detailed anatomical features and implications for hunting behavior.

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The conversations highlight ongoing debates and interpretations, but overall they seem to have limited immediate impact on the broader scientific consensus.

Abstract in brief

  • The study examines the forearm and hand movement of Australovenator wintonensis, revealing a range of motion greater than some large theropods like Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, but similar to dromaeosaurs like Bambiraptor, suggesting specific hunting behaviors.
  • The forearm's joints allowed for unique movements including hyperextension of the claws, especially the first manual phalanx, indicating it likely used its hands and feet to subdue prey, with the first phalanx playing a key role in this process.
  • Overall, Australovenator’s forearm mobility shares similarities with both more primitive theropods and some modern bird-like carnivores, but its exact classification remains uncertain, highlighting its unique evolutionary position within megaraptorids.]

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冠龍 諸々を執筆中
@Guanlong_wucaii · X

#恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2015) アウストラロベナトルの前腕可動域 ※: 上腕骨の可動域がドロマエオサウルス類に近い? ※: やや研究手法に疑問あるかも? https://t.co/n7pjJilym6 https://t.co/3pQFHNiiJ4

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Charles Nye
@thepaintpaddock · X

*sorta. The radius and ulna could rotate independently of one another at a certain flexion point for the whole arm, buuuut I wanted to sketch it with the conventional retro pose. https://t.co/0xJTq85Y3m

May 23, 2022 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 5,594 followers View post →
らえらぷす@HJ連載中
@GET_AWAY_TRIKE · X

一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえた感じではある

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Wr_Latimeria
@Wr_Latimeria · X

아우스트랄로베나토르 같은 일부 메가랍토르류는 손목을 아주 약간은 돌릴수 있었다는 연구결과도 있더라고요. 얘네는 진짜 생긴것도 그렇고 별종이 맞는듯... https://t.co/bmAbQaxwPz https://t.co/nwEgvxGWNg

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✝️ Jansen | Comissões abertas
@JansenCTP19 · X

@Fedoraman_ Obras eu não vou ter, mas tem vídeos no YouTube https://t.co/W8wP23ye5I https://t.co/9D9lI2Q3I4

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@_themingau · X

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RT @Wr_Latimeria: 아우스트랄로베나토르 같은 일부 메가랍토르류는 손목을 아주 약간은 돌릴수 있었다는 연구결과도 있더라고요. 얘네는 진짜 생긴것도 그렇고 별종이 맞는듯... https://t.co/bmAbQaxwPz

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@sinequalis · X

RT @Wr_Latimeria: 아우스트랄로베나토르 같은 일부 메가랍토르류는 손목을 아주 약간은 돌릴수 있었다는 연구결과도 있더라고요. 얘네는 진짜 생긴것도 그렇고 별종이 맞는듯... https://t.co/bmAbQaxwPz

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Wr_Latimeria
@Wr_Latimeria · X

아우스트랄로베나토르 같은 일부 메가랍토르류는 손목을 아주 약간은 돌릴수 있었다는 연구결과도 있더라고요. 얘네는 진짜 생긴것도 그렇고 별종이 맞는듯... https://t.co/bmAbQaxwPz https://t.co/nwEgvxGWNg

Oct 30, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 364 followers View post →
Juned Zariwala
@PaleoJZ · X

RT @Guanlong_wucaii: #恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2…

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@carnodrawer · X

RT @Guanlong_wucaii: #恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2…

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@Sound_Fleet_02 · X

RT @Guanlong_wucaii: #恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2…

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@KnJhehduurbrnf · X

RT @Guanlong_wucaii: #恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2…

Jun 8, 2025 · 6 shares · 437 followers View post →
冠龍 諸々を執筆中
@Guanlong_wucaii · X

#恐竜復元教室フクイラプトル編 "Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae)" (Matt A White, 2015) アウストラロベナトルの前腕可動域 ※: 上腕骨の可動域がドロマエオサウルス類に近い? ※: やや研究手法に疑問あるかも? https://t.co/n7pjJilym6 https://t.co/3pQFHNiiJ4

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お乚うちMk.6(なりすまし)【かぼちゃ】
@YGKS_ · X

https://t.co/4MJ6KaIARV フクイラプトルの話をしてる動画ないなぁと思っていたら、メガラプトルの動画に沢山出てくるので有難い。

Apr 9, 2025 · 325 followers View post →
✝️ Jansen | Comissões abertas
@JansenCTP19 · X

@Fedoraman_ Obras eu não vou ter, mas tem vídeos no YouTube https://t.co/W8wP23ye5I https://t.co/9D9lI2Q3I4

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Chadian
@Paleoking1 · X

@VesuviusFloof15 @Tyrant_Lizerd Right? It's definitely up in the air, but here's the video I learned this from. It kinda contradicts Megaraptors and Tyrannosaurs being closely related, but I'm gonna ignore it and say they are related https://t.co/KIz5HoU3wz

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Fotsibor
@fotsibor1 · X

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Ravick Bitencourt
@Ravick_BlueLion · X

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Avalon
@PenAvalon · X

The Mystery of the Megaraptors https://t.co/hHWS6tnfI4 来自 @YouTube

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Marcel
@Marcel4X · X

The Mystery of the Megaraptors https://t.co/ngjKN1Uh0t via @YouTube

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あけだ たくみ
@akedadayoNU · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: @yamamotoyama555 や、単に近位骨頭がわりと明瞭に突出(半・半球状)してる感じはあるかなという程度の話ですがhttps://t.co/sIYR4Pnrzz

Apr 12, 2023 · 3 shares · 199 followers View post →
荒れクトロ
@gracilis_delta · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: @yamamotoyama555 や、単に近位骨頭がわりと明瞭に突出(半・半球状)してる感じはあるかなという程度の話ですがhttps://t.co/sIYR4Pnrzz

Apr 12, 2023 · 3 shares · 415 followers View post →
Edward Edwards
@Edward_Edwards_ · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: @yamamotoyama555 や、単に近位骨頭がわりと明瞭に突出(半・半球状)してる感じはあるかなという程度の話ですがhttps://t.co/sIYR4Pnrzz

Apr 12, 2023 · 3 shares · 360 followers View post →
らえらぷす@HJ連載中
@GET_AWAY_TRIKE · X

@yamamotoyama555 や、単に近位骨頭がわりと明瞭に突出(半・半球状)してる感じはあるかなという程度の話ですがhttps://t.co/sIYR4Pnrzz

Apr 12, 2023 · 2 likes · 3 shares · 5,867 followers View post →
TUTU / ノボホショコロトソ
@TUTU_Primeval · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 21, 2023 · 10 shares · 851 followers View post →
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@Carcharo9300 · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 19, 2023 · 10 shares · 245 followers View post →
ガイス
@shitake_reverse · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 3,484 followers View post →
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@B47197246 · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,901 followers View post →
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@dinopianosaurus · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 490 followers View post →
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@twinstar941 · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,188 followers View post →
荒れクトロ
@gracilis_delta · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 415 followers View post →
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@Dinosaur_ch_D · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 2,095 followers View post →
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@yamamotoyama555 · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 8,456 followers View post →
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@oroti0 · X

RT @GET_AWAY_TRIKE: 一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえ…

Mar 18, 2023 · 10 shares · 2,634 followers View post →
らえらぷす@HJ連載中
@GET_AWAY_TRIKE · X

一応(一応)アウストラロヴェナトル(ひいてはより派生的なメガラプトラも)が回内で来たんじゃねーかという話はなされてはいてhttps://t.co/178VHvLHDD、メガラプトルのマウントががっつり回内してるあたりは多分にその辺を踏まえた感じではある

Mar 18, 2023 · 18 likes · 10 shares · 5,867 followers View post →
Mingau
@_themingau · X

https://t.co/nlx5FgxxUP

Mar 14, 2023 · 4 likes · 6,944 followers View post →
Tibult the Great
@Macbeth62944945 · X

@Gatorrrrrrrrr @aeroevo @DanPalaeon1 From what I can tell Megaraptorans like Australovenator have greater reach and arm ROM than other theropods. They also had greater wrist flexibility and extension capacity in their fingers then nearly any other taxa. All useful traits for restraining prey https://t.co/1ZFu2SnTDD

Dec 31, 2022 · 691 followers View post →
冠龍 諸々を執筆中
@Guanlong_wucaii · X

@ni075 実物を観察不能ゆえ分かりません。が↓論文では、前肢の可動域が広いとしている(そして鉤爪の断面は斬撃向き)ことから、少なくとも『鎌っぽい使われ方』をしていた可能性はあるかと Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae) https://t.co/LhCcypOfnH

Sep 27, 2022 · 1 like · 2,243 followers View post →
Carmelosaurus
@carmelosaurus · X

RT @thepaintpaddock: *sorta. The radius and ulna could rotate independently of one another at a certain flexion point for the whole arm, bu…

May 31, 2022 · 2 shares · 815 followers View post →
Jurassic Souls✨
@JurassicSouls · X

RT @thepaintpaddock: *sorta. The radius and ulna could rotate independently of one another at a certain flexion point for the whole arm, bu…

May 23, 2022 · 2 shares · 9,586 followers View post →
Charles Nye
@thepaintpaddock · X

*sorta. The radius and ulna could rotate independently of one another at a certain flexion point for the whole arm, buuuut I wanted to sketch it with the conventional retro pose. https://t.co/0xJTq85Y3m

May 23, 2022 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 5,594 followers View post →
Tarbtano
@tarbtano · X

They also neglected to cite any study that conflicted with their assertions. I know because I sent them a forearm study from 2015 indicating the forelimbs of various theropods were far from useless in prey capture of holding. https://t.co/bXN2ndBkRY https://t.co/tdcOH3lgUt

Aug 22, 2021 · 483 followers View post →
Tarbtano
@tarbtano · X

28. https://t.co/bXN2ndBkRY They were stiffer than modern carnivoran limbs, because Carnosaurs weren't running on their hands. Stiffer limbs would help control an object they latched onto better because it means less movement offered to what they'd grabbed.

Aug 21, 2021 · 1 like · 483 followers View post →
Everett Mancke
@theeverett1107 · X

@chaiteaae @DinoNerd2007 https://t.co/FMIURuKj9N Source for Australovenator’s mobility

Apr 11, 2021 · 4,314 followers View post →
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... braccia dell'Australovenator: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709 · Iamnotburgerking. • 6 anni fa.

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Here's the paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709. The main point is that megaraptorans could ...

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Malcom's quote about the Allosaurus : r/jurassicworldevo
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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709 · http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/12/2030. Keep in mind a fully ...

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메가랩터, 진짜 끔찍한 발톱을 가진 육식 공룡 : r/Naturewasmetal
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size=large&id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709.g004)), 손가락을 밀어서 빼내려고 해도 손가락이 구부러지면서 꽉 잡고 있을 거임. 발버둥치는 힘을 흡수 ...

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