Ankylosaur queries & speculations

[StephanPickering@cs.com]

Were ankylosaur group structures similar to "social" insects? The complexity of social behaviours is  often determined by cellular level signaling circuits (receptors, effectors, ion channels, kinases, phosphatases, etc.), and, in turn, individual behaviour (even of a dinosaur) could have been modulated by herd structure. The question then becomes: were the learning substrates of ankylosaur juveniles molecular substrates as well? Were there "foraging forces" in their group structure as discerned in "social" insects? These animals did not walk about, looking for food, with a deadened look in their eyes. The Mongolian nesting sites indicate social structures which could, possibly, be inferred (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire's idea of "actualism"/actualisme is possibly useful, linked with Walter Bock's form-function complex). Communication among these animals would have been multim!
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al -- conceivably manipulating the receiver (reproductive strategies) as well as transmitting information. If a female communicates she is fertile, is this a "dishonest" social signal among ankylosaurs? One can further speculate. Could it be dinosaur herds had transitions to network organisations from hierarchical organised groups? Among theropods -- I think the idea of "lone" hunters to be antiquated; "pack hunting"/group hunting (one can opt for whatever adjective is useful) denotes that to hunt with others (juvenile chasing prey for larger adults to kill, e.g.) is a self-organizing principle, acted upon by natural selection, with "rules" of behavioural interactions within the group. Applied to ankylosaurs, is there evidence of social structures? 
Let us ask another question: would dinosaur herds/packs be genetic, neural, or social constructs? Self-organizing currents among species (either on a molecular level, or a social level) could be step functions or gradual, when compared with group sizes.