Re: Velociraptor Footprints

[SarahAnne Hazlewood <sash@teleport.com>]

At 02:22 PM 8/19/97 CDT, Matt Wedel wrote:
>
>The lower leg and hindfoot of a sauropod were found in standing 
>position.  The composition of the surrounding matrix suggests that 
>the animal became bogged down in mud.  A scattering of small theropod 
>teeth, possibly belonging to dromaeosaurs, were found around the leg, 
>and Gallup suggests that after becoming irretrievably stuck, the
>helpless sauropod was the victim of theropod predation, perhaps 
>spread out excruciatingly over several days.  From the dromaeosaurs' 
>point of view, it would be quite a boon:  the All-You-Can-Eat Flesh 
>Island!  
>
>Whether it really happened that way or not, it still makes me 
>shudder.
>
>Matt Wedel
>

Yikes!  There's a scene I never want recreated in Dino-mation!

        In  Peace  -  SarahAnne