Re: Mononykus, Titanis, and Ground Sloths

[Robert.J.Meyerson@uwrf.edu (Rob Meyerson)]

Richard Dieterle

>He believes that the [ground sloth] claws were used particularly for flipping 
>over and stabbing
>Glyptodonts, which resemble armadillos.  So we have an animal thought to be a 
>bark-stripper that now appears, on the basis of its arms, to be a carnivore.  

OOC, do the sloth teeth show indications of a predatory or omnivorous lifestyle?


Rob Meyerson
Orphan Vertebrate Paleontologist

***
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new 
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's 
funny ..." 
-- Isaac Asimov