Re: food of Therizinosaurus

[dbensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>]

<<T Hammann wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> uuups. I've send my first mail ("Food") a little bit too early....
>
> So, now here is the real one: I've read that there is an actual discussion 
> about
> Therizinosaurs on the list. I've also read that Therizinosaurus was eventually
> feeding on fishes ("Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs"), other sources say that it
> prefers plants. Are there any news about the possible food of Therizinosaurus?
>
> Thanks for help,
>
> Thomas>>

I think that the fishing habits of therizinosaurs has been disgarded.  It seems 
to
me that "they ate fish" is the first responce of paleontologists when they don't
know what kind of food a dinosaur ate.  The latest consensus I've heard is that 
the
therizinosaurs were plant-eaters, and their long claws were for defence.

Dan