Re: A good day for tyrannosaurs

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

On Wed, Oct 7th, 2009 at 12:41 AM, B tH <soylentgreenistrex@yahoo.com> wrote:

> With the maybe/maybe-not of Nanotyrannus, the announcement of the new 
> shrimpy/mini-
tryrannosaur
> last week, and another more gracile tyrannosaurid now - it looks to me like 
> these guys were very
> prevalent at all levels (or stages) of the ecosystem - a hunter for every 
> size prey?
> 
> As time goes on I'm sure you'll find more and more of these animals.

It makes you wonder, though, how the smaller-bodied tyrannosaur species managed 
to compete 
against the juveniles of the larger forms (where they were contemporaneous).

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist                Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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