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| Ausar | Jan 29 2013, 06:24 AM Post #1 |
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Are you a believer to the idea that ceratopsians were omnivorous? If so, why? I believe that the evidence is convincing, however I don't 100% believe it. I need some more evidence. Edited by Ausar, Apr 10 2013, 07:14 AM.
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| dino-ken | Jan 29 2013, 08:04 AM Post #2 |
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Herbivore
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I don't think that ceratopsians were true omnivores. Rather I think that they were mainly herbivorous, but may have ate meat or animal protein on rare occasions. But this would not make it an omnivore.
Edited by dino-ken, Jan 29 2013, 08:45 AM.
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| DinosaurMichael | Jan 29 2013, 08:05 AM Post #3 |
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Apex Predator
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I agree with dino-ken. Hippos do it. So I don't see why they would on occasions. |
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| Godzillasaurus | Jan 29 2013, 11:29 AM Post #4 |
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Reptile King
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Where did you hear this claim? I doubt they were true omnivores. However, going along with what DinosaurMichael and dino-ken said, they might have eaten a little bit of meat on occasion. |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Jan 30 2013, 04:37 AM Post #5 |
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Aspiring paleontologist, science enthusiast and armchair speculative fiction/evolution writer
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I think he heard it here: http://svpow.com/2011/11/28/accurate-vs-familiar-vs-usual-in-paleoart/ |
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| theropod | Jan 30 2013, 05:17 AM Post #6 |
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palaeontology, open source and survival enthusiast
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absolutely possible, outlandish, but it cannot be ruled out, in the light of evidence and functional anatomy I would even say this sounds pretty realistic. |
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| Carcharo | Jan 30 2013, 12:57 PM Post #7 |
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Autotrophic Organism
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Maybe the smaller ceratopsians like Leptoceratops were omnivores? Though the bigger ones such as Triceratops and Torosaurus are too specialized in the plant eater role. |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Jan 31 2013, 01:33 AM Post #8 |
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I would call it a possibility, even for the larger ones, but rather rarely.
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| Fishfreak | Feb 6 2013, 09:59 PM Post #9 |
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Friend of the fish
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Possibly opportunistic, so maybe they'd scavenge carcasses, but i doubt they hunted. |
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| Kurtz | Feb 6 2013, 10:45 PM Post #10 |
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Kleptoparasite
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i think some ceratopsian could had prey on t rex |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Feb 6 2013, 11:35 PM Post #11 |
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I hope no adults. |
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| theropod | Feb 7 2013, 01:20 AM Post #12 |
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I cannot see an animal with the built of a large ceratopsian being an active hunter, it likely wouldn't be fast enough and it would lack the stamina to pursue anything efficiently. That wouldn't be an effective way to sustain itself, why not just keep eating plants and now and then feeding on a carcass? One would see different adaptions in a hunter. |
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| SpinoInWonderland | Feb 7 2013, 01:36 AM Post #13 |
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The madness has come back...
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Now that's just nonsense, ceratopsians did not have predatory adaptations... |
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| Ausar | Apr 10 2013, 07:20 AM Post #14 |
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I find it likely that both may have been omnivorous, though the larger ones may not have actually killed the animals, for they did not have the adaptations for hunting. They would have scavenged or maybe attacked the occasional unfortunate hadrosaur. Unless the idea that the large ceratopsians were able to run as fast as rhinos was correct, I don't see these ceratopsians killing their own prey (it would be cool if they could though, they would be the Late Cretaceous entelodonts). Edited by Ausar, Apr 10 2013, 07:21 AM.
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| Dino Master | Apr 11 2013, 12:16 AM Post #15 |
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Autotrophic Organism
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It was an idea from a paleontologist who suggested that the ceratopsians occupied an ecological niche similar to a pig, scavenging carcasses occasionally. It wasn't too well accepted, but wasn't 100% discredited. |
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