Re: Triceratops Frills

[Jeffrey Martz <martz@holly.ColoState.EDU>]

>       The well-known Velociraptor/Protoceratops fossil in Mongolia 
> shows a Velociraptor with its claws latched onto a Protoceratops' face, 
> kicking with the big claw into the neck of the Protoceratops. It's 
> probable, of course, that technique would have varied between prey 
> animals, species, and even individuals, but this is one way to kill an 
> animal.

    I thought the Protoceratops was getting medieval on the 
Velociraptor's ass and that its arm was in the Protoceratop's beak.  
Perhaps this was a flawed attack where the Protoceratops got the better 
of the raptor (I said the word - shudder) and got on top of it, and that the 
claw in the neck area was the raptor's attempt to defend itself.  
Attacking an animal with a bite like Protoceratops from the front 
seems like a silly thing to do.

LN Jeff