Re: Starkov's theory and extinction

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Can' this be explained just by Cope's Rule?

Nope. Nothing can be explained by Cope's Rule, because Cope's Rule is wrong
=8-)

> Also, *Alamosaurus* probably
> was one of the rarer prey in the Maastrichtian fauna, just by virtue of
> the fact that it ate more food, and thus the environment could support a
> smaller
> density of *Alamosaurus*.  However, it seems that *Tyrannosaurus* is more
> common than once thought.  Seeing as how common Hadrosaurs and
> Ceratopsians were, I'm willing to bet that was *T. Rex*s primary prey.

Sure! I agree with HP Rob Gay on this.