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Re: Tyrannosaur numbers

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Tyrannosaur numbers
From: Michael Lovejoy <michael@palaeoproductions.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:06:04 +0100
Reply-to: michael@palaeoproductions.fsnet.co.uk
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

Frank Bliss wrote: 'One vegetarian prey animal gets stuck in the mud, ten
T-rex move in and all get stuck and there you are with a 10 to 1 observable
preservational ratio.  (Phil Currie is sure looking for that situation
again.)'

I know it was just an example to illustrate the point, but it's something
I've wondered about. Are there any sites that suggest theropods stuck in a
predator trap? Any refs?

Regards,
Michael Lovejoy
Paleo Studio

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