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Re: Tyrannosaur allometry paper in CJES



In a message dated 5/23/03 3:41:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, uwrk@yahoo.com 
writes:

<< There must have been an intense taphonomic bias favoring preservation of 
juveniles in the LK of Mongolia, and not just in the Nemegt svita. Sereno 
attributed certain features of Bagaceratops to "the immaturity of even the 
largest 
available specimens." Although a plethora of Bagaceratops material is known,  
none of it may represent an adult. >>

Taphonomic bias, perhaps. Different species and genera, also perhaps. I favor 
the latter explanation as more parsimonious. What other Mongolian dinos are 
known only or mainly from juveniles?