Re: bitten stegosaur plates

[Danvarner@aol.com]

  j_mallon@hotmail.com (Jordan Mallon) writes:

<< 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... >>

       Just such a scene was depicted in the 1956 film, "The Animal World". 
See: 
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/judidench/584/animalworld/images/animal1.jpg

       BTW, if you are REALLY a fanatic, you can get a piece of the 
Ceratosaur's skin here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3347209058&category=790

       DV