Re: The absurdity, the absurdity (was: Cooperating theropods?)

["Larry Dunn" <larrydunn@hotmail.com>]

From: "TRUETT GARNER" <DINOBOY@worldnet.att.net>

>> >1.) Evidence of social groups of Deinonychus in association with
>> >Tenontosaurus have been found ,

>> Social groups?  Really?  And where was that?  
>> Rainbow Butte , south-central Montana . In 1993 Jack Horner
>reinvestigated the original Deinonychus site and in the process ,
>discovered more Tenontosaurus /Deinonychus material . At the original 
site
>, 5 fairly complete skeletons of Deinonychus were discovered along with 
the
>tail and a few other fragments of the Tenontosaurus . Hence , social 
group

You can find multiple skeletons without the animals necessarily being 
social.  It could very well be a sleight of hand of preservation.

Of course, it's entirely possible that they DID congregate without 
complex social relationships.  Marine iguanas and many other animals do.  
Doesn't support the pack-hunting scenario at all, though.

Larry

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