Re: K Vultures? (Was Re: Regarding Spinosaurus)

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Rob Gay wrote:

> All of this rasies a question in my mind. With all of this discussion of
> scavenging and what not, and comparisons with vultures, I ask myself:
> In the late Cretaceous, with pterosaurs being not very prevelant anymore,
> were there any known airborn scavengers known (mainly of the avian
> persuasion)? Were there any vultures, or "protovultures" if you will?
> Anyways, just wondering...I feel ashamed for starting another bird thread,
> I'm sure...;)

_Enantiornis_ is supposed to have been about the size of a vulture. As to
whether it had any adaptations for scavenging, I have no idea.

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