RE: Tyrannosaurus "Scavenger vs. Predator" debate - Some question s for Dr. Jack Horner:

["Craven, David" <David.Craven@bolton.gov.uk>]

Thomas Holtz wrote:
"That being said, Barnum Brown's Albertosaurus site, and the "Sue" and
Jordan
T. rex sites, do suggest occassional multi-age class gatherings of
tyrannosaurids."


Not that Thomas was suggesting otherwise, but there could be many possible
explanations for such gatherings, social, behavioural or environmental
conditions may have forced the animals together. Or maybe they were all
there to scavenge the same rotting corpse!

David Craven
Bolton Museum

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