Re: Velociraptor scavenged azhdarchid pterosaur

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

On Mon, Mar 5th, 2012 at 4:47 AM, "Habib, Michael" <MHabib@Chatham.edu> wrote:

> The V-P event preserves two sets of similarly contradictory
> information: it shows rather irrefutable evidence of combat (supports 
> predator hypothesis) but it
> also shows that the potential predator was undersized and getting mauled 
> (weakens predator
> hypothesis). 

That depends on who you assume was the predator and who you assume was the 
prey. There's 
nothing to suggest that protoceratops was strictly herbivorous.

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Dann Pigdon
Spatial Data Analyst               Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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