Re: Mollusk eating (was Re: Sauropod necks????)

[K and T Dykes <ktdykes@arcor.de>]

<<This begs the question: is there any evidence of malacophagy (I think that
is the term) in Mesozoic land vertebrates, specially dinosaurs?>>

There's a possible mammalian candidate from the Lower Cretaceous of
Australia.  I've been informed that the molars of Kollikodon (a weird
monotreme) might have worked well with a diet of shellfish.  Remains are
restricted to partial lower jaw, but it must have been from a relatively
large mammal for the time of Earth.  Unfortunately, I don't have a formal
reference.

Mesozoic Eucynodonts
http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/meseucaz.htm
The Mesozoic - more than just the dinosaur