File:Dromaeosaurid sickle claw functions.png
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| current | 01:08, 21 September 2020 | | 3,192 × 2,223 (683 KB) | commons>PaleoNeolitic | {{Information |description ={{en|1='''The famed ‘sickle claw’ of pedal digit II in dromaeosaurids and its hypothesized uses.''' (A) Schematic illustration of the left pes of ''Deinonychus'' (after Ostrom, 1969b), which also illustrates the widespread inference that digit II was retracted off the ground when the claw was not in use. (B–H) Various hypotheses previously proposed for how the claw was used in life. (B) Kicking or slashing of prey. (C) Used for gripping onto the flanks of struggl... |
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