bitten stegosaur plates

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

Bonjour,

I was having a conversation with French paleoartist Alain Beneteau this 
morning, and we got to wondering whether or not some stegosaur dorsal plates 
show evidence of theropod bite marks, as depicted in his drawing here:
http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=1349
The likely answer is "no, not yet," although it seems to me something rather 
obvious to watch out for in future specimens, as the dorsal plates were 
rather large and would have certainly been an obvious target for predators 
if they were able to dodge that flailing tail.
Just a thought...

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

Website: http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/
AIM: jslice mallon

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