Re: Dromeosaurid behavior........Pack hunting! (long)

["Jason Pedersen" <prometheus_79@hotmail.com>]

> From: "John M. Dollan" <dollan@cyberport.net>  wrote:

> Franklin Galef wrote:
>
> > >>> "John M. Dollan" <dollan@cyberport.net> 04/28 6:03 PM >>>
> >
> > Also, again from the point of view of simple curiosity, is not the mass
> > fossilization of Coelophysis groups proof of their living in large 
> groups?  Or
> > was this simply a result of the animal being very numerous and its 
> remains
> > coming to rest in a chance communal grave over a long period of time 
> (my, wasn't
> > that a long and bogged down sentence)?
> >
> > Not to appear overly uniformitarian, but I wonder if the coelophysis 
> assemblage could have been a winter den.
>
> Now that is an intriguing possibility that I hadn't considered.  I suppose 
> that it would depend on climatic conditions seasonally, but it is feasible 
> to think that not just cold weather would promote communal denning.
Are you refering to the massive grave at Ghost Ranch?

Jason


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