Re: Guts-Eating Spinosaurs

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "no go" <honkietong@hotmail.com>

> Spinosaurid jaws are probably resilient enough to catch fish. As indicated, 
> they do show resistance to bending forces, and more then >strong enough for 
> catching large fish (this was no dingdarnit >scavenger!). Of course,  these 
> jaws are way too lightly built to >attack large game effectively  without 
> risking a substantial chance of >damage.

I would love to know where everyone gets off saying this.  Yes, the jaws of 
_Baryonyx_ et al. may look comparatively weak, but who's to say they were?  
There haven't been any bite force studies or what have you done with 
spinosaurid jaws, to my knowledge.  I mean, even the case study with 
_Allosaurus_ surprised us in showing how well the skull could stand up to 
stress.
Anyway, just ventin'.

Jordan Mallon

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