--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
Quoting don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>: > If, as a biped, you spend a lot of time catching fish, > specifically exploiting fluvial systems w/ lot of shallow > water and fluctuating water levels, you will be competing > w/ crocs, or just trying to stay off _their_ menu. Especially > around those drying pools w/ the trapped fish. Reason enough > to attain large size, as well as maintain a high degree of > terrestrial competence.
Deinosuchus would have laughed at a spinosaur's 'large size'.
Assuming a Deinosuchus equivalent actually _was_ coeval w/ the conical-toothed spinosaurs, which wouldn't be surprising;