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Re: 11th specimen of Archaeopteryx

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Subject: Re: 11th specimen of Archaeopteryx
From: Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:33:34 +1100
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David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:

>>  the Deltatheridiid that swallowed Archaeornithoides
>
> Wait. What?

The type specimen of _Archaeornithoides_ shows evidence of the jaws
being been bitten off from the braincase.  "The bite marks point to a
predator or scavenger in the size range of deltatheridiid mammals,
which abound in the Bayn Dzak assemblage." (Elzanowski and Wellnhofer,
1992).

Cheers

Tim

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