Comments on: Shovel-Beaked, Not Duck-Billed http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/shovel-beaked-not-duck-billed/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Craig Dylke http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/shovel-beaked-not-duck-billed/comment-page-1/#comment-6557 Craig Dylke Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:37:42 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8011#comment-6557 While I agree the image of Hadrosaur diets needs major revision, it is important to acknowledge that many genera of them are found in very wet environments and show clear signs of spending time in the water. Every major study of taphonomy done on Dinosaur Provincal Park from Charlie Sternberg up until the present has found evidence to suggest that the Hadrosaurs of this prehistoric ecosystem lived in or right by the water. Not swimming around like the old picture books of our childhood granted, and definately not eating Morris' Cretaceous soup (love that name for it by the by), but they were dealing fine being up to their armpits in water (in DPP it would have been hard not to be in water at least some of the time) Just wanted to get that out there. I still love this article, and will try to catch myself saying Duck Bill (but it's way more entrenched in me than Raptor) While I agree the image of Hadrosaur diets needs major revision, it is important to acknowledge that many genera of them are found in very wet environments and show clear signs of spending time in the water.

Every major study of taphonomy done on Dinosaur Provincal Park from Charlie Sternberg up until the present has found evidence to suggest that the Hadrosaurs of this prehistoric ecosystem lived in or right by the water. Not swimming around like the old picture books of our childhood granted, and definately not eating Morris’ Cretaceous soup (love that name for it by the by), but they were dealing fine being up to their armpits in water (in DPP it would have been hard not to be in water at least some of the time)

Just wanted to get that out there. I still love this article, and will try to catch myself saying Duck Bill (but it’s way more entrenched in me than Raptor)

]]> By: BJ Nicholls http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/shovel-beaked-not-duck-billed/comment-page-1/#comment-6556 BJ Nicholls Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:46:52 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8011#comment-6556 The problem with "shovel beaked" is that it conjures up visions of hadrosaurs digging with their rostra. It's easier for me to envision hadrosaurs using their bill/beak/rostrum as a grasping tool than as an excavator. I can't think of a shape metaphor that doesn't come with unwanted functional baggage. The problem with “shovel beaked” is that it conjures up visions of hadrosaurs digging with their rostra. It’s easier for me to envision hadrosaurs using their bill/beak/rostrum as a grasping tool than as an excavator. I can’t think of a shape metaphor that doesn’t come with unwanted functional baggage.

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