It was half crouched, a pair of powerful forelimbs stretched out through the cloak of fur.
It is a member of the family Alvarezsauridae, small coelurosaurian dinosaurs which have short but powerful forelimbs specialized for digging.
It is this powerful, three-inch forelimb with a single claw that has impressed and puzzled other scientists familiar with the findings.
It has muscular shoulders, short powerful forelimbs and strong digging claws.
American badgers are excellent diggers, and can tunnel rapidly through the soil using their powerful forelimbs.
From what fossils are known, it probably closely resembled other ornithomimids, except for its more powerful forelimbs.
Koalas have curved, sharp claws and powerful forelimbs, both good adaptations for arboreal life.
Tigers have muscular bodies with particularly powerful forelimbs and large heads.
Megalibgwilia ramsayi was a large, long-beaked echidna with powerful forelimbs for digging.
The spinosaurids could have used their powerful forelimbs to hold fish.