The distribution of the tooth marks on the elements described here
matches patterns seen in other bones showing damage that can be
attributed to theropod bite traces (Hunt et al., 1994; Jacobsen, 1998).
These records are interpreted as accidental marks made during
feeding, as opposed to deliberate bone biting (Jacobsen, 1998).
Notably, one documented example of bite marks has been positively
attributed to a velociraptorine: in a case described by Currie and
Jacobsen (1995), a Saurornitholestes marked a bone of an azhdarchoid
pterosaur during a presumed episode of scavenging, even leaving a
broken tooth embedded in the bone in addition to the marks on the
surface.