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Re: New paper on pachycephalosaur behavior




On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 08:03 PM, Tim Donovan wrote:

The headbutting idea was already refuted long ago by Bakker, who noted that pachycephalosaur domes aren't broad enough for efficient head to head contact. But what about antipredator defense-use of the dome as a battering ram against enemies, as the Poles suggested?


Perhaps it was to prevent one's head from being chomped on from above, always a consideration.


Peter Markmann