RE: Turtles and dinosaur predators (Re: Oviraptorids as Parrots?)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Kent A. Stevens
>
> 
> 
> On Feb 5, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Ken.Carpenter@dmns.org wrote:
> 
> > Hmmm. That solves a lot of problems raised by Horner: T. rex as a
> > chelonivore! I like it! Quick, write a paper for Nature! Crushing  
> > teeth
> > for hard, thick shell; slow moving prey, so no need to run; no need to
> > use the puny arms........
> 
> and binocular vision to home in on its prey.

Now if we could only figure out how the arctometatarsus was used to dismember a 
turtle...

No wonder the great foe of the TMNT was "The Foot"!

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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