Re: JP3 Thoughts (frilled Dilophosaurus revisited)

["Demetrios M. Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>]

Wasn't this the tooth mentioned onlist a while ago that was dubious at
best?  That's what I thought, at least.  Either way, I'll check out that
ref.

-Demetrios Vital

On 24 Jul 2001, Mickey Mortimer wrote:
> This is quite an interesting statement in light of Rodriguez-de la Rosa
and
> Aranda-Manteca's (2000) discovery of a eumaniraptoran tooth (FCM 06/053)
> with a posterior venom groove, similar to elapids and helodermatids.
This
> would seem to indicate either some dinosaurs had external oral glands or
> analogous structures, or else developed venom glands in some other way.
>
> Rodriguez-de la Rosa and Aranda-Manteca, 2000. Were there venomous
> theropods? SVP 20(3) 64A.
>
> Mickey Mortimer
>
>