Re: Sauropod necks????

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Frank Bliss wrote:

> There are also lots of clams/oysters/pelecypods spread appropriately 
> throughout the different facies in the Hell Creek (upper most K)  too 
> though my particular section of HC does not have them.  Phil's website list 
> them in a nicely organized manner.
>  http://www.scn.org/~bh162/hellcreek2.html
>
> If there is a food source out there, somebody probably took advantage of 
> it.

Oviraptorosaurs, maybe?  This ecology was proposed for the Asian genus 
_Conchoraptor_ (hence the name).

> There has been speculation that some of the bigger mammals also chewed up 
> fresh water pelecypods as indicated by tooth wear.

This has been suggested for the Australian mammal _Kollikodon_ (Early 
Cretaceous).


Tim