New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops

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	New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops
	Hone, David 1; Choiniere, Jonah 2; Sullivan, Corwin 1; Xu, Xing1 ; Pittman, Michael 3; Tan, Qingwei 4; [email protected]
	2010-05-15
发表期刊	PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN	0031-0182
卷号	291 期号:3-4 页码:488-492
文章类型	Article
摘要	Reconstructing the palaeoecology of extinct tetrapods is fraught with difficulties. Fossilized evidence of direct trophic interactions between tetrapods is rare, whether the interactions involve predation or scavenging. Typically this evidence is limited to preserved stomach contents or bite marks on bones (when they can be confidently attributed to specific taxa) that make it possible to begin to piece together the trophic webs that existed in ancient ecosystems. The dramatic 'fighting dinosaurs' fossil of a Velociraptor preserved in combat with a Protoceratops provides an outstanding, but still lone, example of the two taxa interacting. Here new evidence of a Velociraptor feeding on the carcass of a Protoceratops is presented, based on tooth-marked bones of the latter that were found in association with shed teeth of the former in Upper Cretaceous deposits at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China. In contrast to the case of the fighting dinosaurs, which seems to represent active predation by a Velociraptor, the tooth marks on the Bayan Mandahu material are inferred to have been produced during late-stage carcass consumption either during scavenging or following a group kill. Feeding by Velociraptor upon Protoceratops was probably a relatively common occurrence. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	Dromaeosauridae Ceratopsia Predation Behaviour Hunting Scavenging
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; THEROPOD DINOSAURS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000278782400027
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4573
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者	[email protected]
作者单位	1.Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.George Washington Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USA 3.UCL, Dept Earth Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England 4.Long Hao Inst Geol & Paleontol, Hohhot 010010, Nei Mongol, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hone, David,Choiniere, Jonah,Sullivan, Corwin,et al. New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2010,291(3-4):488-492.
APA	Hone, David.,Choiniere, Jonah.,Sullivan, Corwin.,Xu, Xing.,Pittman, Michael.,[email protected].(2010).New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,291(3-4),488-492.
MLA	Hone, David,et al."New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 291.3-4(2010):488-492.

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