Re: Leedsichthys.

[<DINOSAUR@museum.gla.ac.uk>]

> I understand that Leedsichthys was equipped >with
>gill-rakers for straining plankton and was part of a general expansion 
>into
>this niche. The whale shark, Rhincodon, appears about this time also-
>exploiting this same food source. Dan Varner.
>

This is possible, but I had a look at the lower jaw we have at the 
Hunterian Museum and it looks as though there were round-based teeth in 
the tooth-groove (approximate diameter of 1.5cm).  What do the 
tooth-grooves of whale-sharks look like? 


Neil
Neil 'Jurassic' Clark
Hunterian Museum
email: dinosaur@museum.gla.ac.uk