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RE: JFC-ceratosaurus battling allosaurus
The teeth of the two predators was probably about the same as the same body
size. Tooth slipping may account for the implied greater tooth length in the
fewer *Ceratosaurus* skulls known than for *Allosaurus*. It is unlikely, I
think, that the maxillary dentition would have exceeded the depth of the
mandible when the jaw closed, and this goes for *Lythronax* as well, contra
virtually all reconstructions to date.
Cheers,
Jaime A. Headden
The Bite Stuff (site v2)
http://qilong.wordpress.com/
"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)
"Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a
different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race
has had a dream: to kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or
his new way of looking at things." --- Zapp Brannigan (Beast With a Billion
Backs)
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 14:31:54 -0800
> From: hammeris1@att.net
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: JFC-ceratosaurus battling allosaurus
>
> While the "victory" of allosaurus is predictable, wouldn't the long teeth of
> the ceratosaur bite on the backbone of the allosaurus have made it a mortal
> wound, eventually?
>