RE: Sauropod-eating snakes

["Choo, Brian" <bchoo@museum.vic.gov.au>]

Immediately brought to mind William Stout's 1981 madstoiid vs  titanosaur 
battle in "The New Dinosaurs". Paleoart would seem to have jumped the gun on 
scientific discovery again.

Brian

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From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf Of Dann Pigdon 
[dannj@alphalink.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 12:30 PM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Sauropod-eating snakes

Giant dino-eating snake killed in action

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18594-giant-dinoeating-snake-killed-in-action.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/plos-nfs022510.php

PDF:

Wilson et al 2009 "Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the 
Late Cretaceous
of India". PLoS One Biology 8(3)

http://www.plos.org/press/plbi-08-03-Wilson.pdf

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