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an evolutionary wntext, in an effort to track the ongination and biologicai role of<br />

the arctometatarsus in Mesozoic theropods.<br />

These methods provisionally explicate the arctomatatarsus as a part of an<br />

integrated phenotypic system, and tentatively suggest its possible roles in<br />

ecological interactions and in theropod evolution. Ultimately, the goals of this<br />

thesis are to understand the bones and ligaments of the arctometatarsus as a<br />

Iowmotor subsystem, and to explore the implications of its function for<br />

tyrannosaurids. This study begins with the qualitative and quantitative<br />

morphology of the metatarsus of tyrannosaurids and their relatives (Chapter 2).

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