Re: Regarding Spinosaurus

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

>    I was looking at Sereno's skull reconstruction of
> Suchomimus, and I realized that every spinosaur
> dentary I've seen is lateromedially compressed. If
> spinosaurs fed like some piscivorous birds (where they
> "spear" or snatch fish from the water) then  wouldn't
> you expect frequent damage to the bone if the animal
> missed its target?

No, why? It's bone and not paper :-) , and the dentaries of (long-beaked)
piscivorous birds are likewise lateromedially compressed. But I can't
dismiss your idea, it's certainly a possibility.