Re: Dino embryo

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM>]

 From: Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>
 >  However, given some of the bizzare
 > adaptations of oviraptorid jaws, eggs
 > may have been part of their normal diet.

Bizarre is almost an understatement - the *complete* skull looks
like the front end has been broken or cut off.

They are clearly very specialized in their diet in some way.

Exacly what way, I am not sure.  I cannot think of any living
analog of that particular beak structure.  (Perhaps cassowaries??)
 > 
 > Actually, yes, it does.  The typical elongate eggs are theropod (although
 > some might be from Velociraptor or Saurornithoides, as well as Oviraptor),
> 
Hmm, this might explain the amazing abundance: they are not just
Oviraptor, they belong to all of the Asian maniraptorans.


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