Re: Giant extinct Australian killer geese

[Stephen Wroe <swroe@bio.usyd.edu.au>]

Sorry Mike - I was contributing to the debate over diet in giant 'geese' 
(dromornithids). The presence of gastroliths has been forwarded as an 
argument against a carnivorous habit for these birds. In response I point 
out that this is anything but a watertight argument given the presence of 
gastroliths in some carnivorous dinosaurs.

Steve Wroe
Stephen Wroe - Homepage - http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/swroe.htm

At 12:09 PM 8/16/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:00:21 +1000
> From: Stephen Wroe <swroe@bio.usyd.edu.au>
>
> [...] perhaps more significantly - gastroliths are now known from
> the guts of a number of indisputably carnivorous non-avaian
> theropods.

Hi Stephen. I think I must have missed this. What's the story?

Many thanks.

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