Stratigraphy (was Re: BARYONYX)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

>A developed shoreline, riverbank, or lakeshore as opposed to the 
>estuarine or marine habitats gave *Baryonyx* a decided position within 
>which to exploit. Of his neighbors, *Megalosaurus* is too incomplete to 
>hypothesize about, and *Eustreptospondylus* was seemingly more suited 
>for fully terrestrial habitat.

Neighbors in space, but not in time!!

_Megalosaurus_ was from the Middle Jurassic, and _Eustreptospondylus_ from
the earliest Late Jurassic.  Both lived tens of millions of years earlier
than the Barremian (early Early Cretaceous) _Baryonyx_!!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
College Park, MD  20742       Fax:  301-314-9661