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Re: Utility of Scavenger vs. Predator Argument



Seth A. Ellestad writes;

>Tyrannosaurus' method of
>dispatching prey was probably somewhat different than that, but the way the
>lioness parried the wildebeest's charging attack, avoiding its horns
>reminded me of your possible explination of why the Tyrannosaurus might
>bite the Triceratops in the head, as the lioness seemed to be doing the
>same thing.

I may have missed it the first time, but which specimens have shown head 
injuries that have been demonstrated to be theropod in origin.  I know of a few 
ceratopian skulls that show puncture wounds, but these wounds have been usually 
attributed to intraspecies combat, rather that to a predator wound.  Are we 
thinking of the same specimens?


Shalom,

Rob Meyerson

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