Re: Guts-Eating Spinosaurs

["Fam Jansma" <fam.jansma@worldonline.nl>]

>Sure was, with a part of the right maxilla placed on the top of it's head.
>Has anybody noticed in the skull of Irritator that the part with the
>quadrate and all is placed lower than the rest of the skull? Not just a
>little, it makes about an angle 30 degrees. What on earth could be the use
>for a skull like that? Flamingos have similair constructed skulls, but I
>don't see Irritator hanging it's head up-side-down to catch it's food.<<
>
Tracy wrote:
>
>I've seen some recent illustrations of the skull (and actually saw the
skull
>in the middle of last year, but wasn't allowed to photograph it :( ) and
the
>skull does dip down that way, as does Oviraptors. Why, I don't know.

>
I do have the pics, if anyone wants it, just ask! And finally, some-one who
notices the same thing, thank you god, thank you, thank you... Now the use
of it, totally different thing, maybe that could be something interesting
for the list. Perhaps it has something to do with the way the jaw muscles
worked or a enhanced feature to work more efficient with the pouch it
probably had.

Rutger Jansma