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proximal constriction, white EImisaunts has a shorter nmow proximal portion of<br />

the metatarsal. The Elmisaurus MT III jacks the marked plantar constriction of<br />

other aretometatarsalian forms. The MT III of tyrannosaurids is unusual in its<br />

crescentic proximal expansion, which was not revealed by PCA in this study.<br />

This variation in metatarsal morphology obviates generalized functional<br />

inferences about the arctometatarsus, beyond the energy transference<br />

hypothesis (Wilson and Currie 1985, Holtz 1994a) in forrns with unfused<br />

metatarsals. The homogeneity of the tyrannosaurid specirnens promises<br />

applicability of targeted hypotheses relevant to al1 members of that clade.<br />

Testing hypotheses of pedal fundion in tyrannosaurids will provide rigorous<br />

methodological and theoretical context for revisiting other morphologies (Chapter<br />

5). 1 now examine the fundonal morphdogy of the tyrannosaurid<br />

arctometatarsus, and compare its structure with that of possible extant analogs<br />

(Chapter 3).

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