Evidence of feeding by theropod dinosaurs is scarce in the fossil
record (Carpenter, 2000; Farlow and Holtz, 2002; Hone and Rauhut,
2010) and each new record adds significantly to our knowledge of
theropod behaviour. In exceptional cases both predator and apparent
(or intended) prey can be positively identified based on an occurrence
of associated remains of both animals (e.g. Buffetaut et al., 2004) or
distinctive marks left on one by the other (e.g. see Erickson and Olson,
1996). Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most dramatic, of
these examples is the specimen known colloquially as the ‘fighting
dinosaurs’, which was first reported by Kielan–Jaworowska and
Barsbold (1972).
Evidence of feeding by theropod dinosaurs is scarce in the fossil
record (Carpenter, 2000; Farlow and Holtz, 2002; Hone and Rauhut,
2010) and each new record adds significantly to our knowledge of
theropod behaviour. In exceptional cases both predator and apparent
(or intended) prey can be positively identified based on an occurrence
of associated remains of both animals (e.g. Buffetaut et al., 2004) or
distinctive marks left on one by the other (e.g. see Erickson and Olson,
1996). Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most dramatic, of
these examples is the specimen known colloquially as the ‘fighting
dinosaurs’, which was first reported by Kielan–Jaworowska and
Barsbold (1972).
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