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RE: Velociraptor v. Protoceratops?

To: tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Subject: RE: Velociraptor v. Protoceratops?
From: Darryl Jones <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 09:53:34 -0400
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At 09:07 AM 8/9/2001, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

Ah, a good murder mystery (or is it a murder)...

Are you suggesting natural causes? I can see it now, the Velociraptor, upset by the death and scavenging of his pet Protoceratops, grief stricken, has a heart attack and dies trying to get it to play just one more time......

Seriously, though, I am always fascinated when a skeleton is so complete and well preserved, in articulation, but is missing a leg or arm or something. Even more bizarre to me is when they are missing a section of tail vertebrae or back vertebrae. Other than erosion and scavenging, what causes this to happen?

Darryl Jones  <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>

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References:
- Velociraptor v. Protoceratops?
  - From: AM Yates <Adam.Yates@bristol.ac.uk>
- RE: Velociraptor v. Protoceratops?
  - From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>

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