Re: Tyrannosaurs gorged on the young

[Randy King <randyk@ims.com>]

The article indicated this was determined from coprolites.
How can one determine which dino a coprolite came from?

Thanks,
Randy

At 08:12 AM 10/26/1999 -0700, Larry Dunn wrote:
>Here's the story:
>
>http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief1.html?ct=3815c276
>
>So, what conclusions about tyrannosaur behavior can
>the lay-dude safely draw from this data?  
>
>Was preying on sub-adults the tyrannosaur's likely MO
>(like the MO of many extant predators)?  Are there
>modern predators that take exclusively juvenile prey? 
>(I am always a little loath to read too much into
>evidence.  Help me out here.)
>
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