Method of Death: Re: Pack o' predators

["D.I.G." <dinosaur@dinosaur.org>]

While we can all be fairly certain that lethal injection was uncommon in
the Jurassic (no hypodermics or gurneys (with wheels, not Jim) found as
yet), what constitutes "sufficient" paleontological proof of "cause of
death?"

Many (heated) arguments appear to lack anything resembling forensic data
for what sent the specimen to the happy hunting grounds. 

Is such evidence common? rare? non-existant?

What sort of evidence would be found?  cracked skull? hardened arteries?

ES

TRUETT GARNER wrote:
> 
> ----------
> > From: Monte-Cristo <monte@gmx.net>
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: Re: Pack o' predators
> > Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 12:17 PM
> >
> > This is exactly what was needed. Is there enough evidence now?
> >
> > [{(Monte)}]
> >
> >No . All this latest find proves is that several Giganotosaurus were
> fossilized together . They MAY have died together, or individual corpses
> could have heaped together due to a natural disaster (i.e., flood ) .The
> article in no way proves that this was a pack . This assemblage could be
> evidence of a mini-predator trap, like the Cleveland - Lloyd Quarry , but
> on a much smaller scale.
> 
> Regards , Truett Garner
> 
> " Climate is what we expect , weather is what we get ." - Lazarus Long

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