Re: Speculative dino species

[Michael Bruce Habib <mbh3q@cms.mail.virginia.edu>]

If thickly feathered therizinosaurs and other thickly 
feathered species are proposed to radiate during cool 
periods (or due to other factors) it might be plausible to 
find some species of large theropods with very long, 
fang-like teeth specialized to eat them.  In short, they 
would possess a very large version of the structures found 
in some aboreal boid snakes that eat large numbers of birds 
(examples: genus Corallus, and genus Morelia).  These 
snakes have a dentition characterized by a set of 
very long and relatively straight teeth, which punch 
through the feathers of avian prey, and allow them to keep 
a hold.  

--Mike Habib
mbh3q@virginia.edu