11-11-2014, 07:35 PM
Well, all dinosaur tails, to some degree, act as a counterbalance for the body, which is particularly important for bipedal dinosaurs because they have so much weight held in front of the hips. But yes, antirrhopus is in Deinonychus's name because it denotes that the dino's tail acts as a counter-balance for the animal, even though this is essentially true of all bipedal dinosaurs.