Re: Horner's JP3 interview

[Josh Smith <smithjb@sas.upenn.edu>]

Jura wrote:

>
>
> *Only* in _Suchomimus tenerensis_ which was a very specialized piscivorous 
> baryonychid and probably the *worst* archetype for a spinosaur available.

Dog gone it!  _Suchomimus_ is a HYPOTHESIZED piscivorous theropod.  There is 
some evidence that it might have eaten fish, but its not like we can prove 
anything at this point.  It makes some sense for these critters to be filling 
that niche, especially along the southern shores of the Tethys
in North Africa where it looks as though we have lots of predators, but we 
DON'T KNOW THIS YET.


--
Josh Smith
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania
471 Hayden Hall
240 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6316
(215) 898-5630 (Office)
(215) 898-0964 (FAX)