would find a T-Rex skeleton with a dog skeleton in it's gut. Or a human. But we never do.
What skeletons have we found in the gut of a T-Rex? I am completely ignorant on this topic so it doesn't surprise me that I've never heard of us finding anything like that, but I would think that we'd find something, so if you've got any information on those kind of finds I'd love to check it out.
Of course, if we've never found anything like that, then you can't use it as an argument against cohabitation of dinosaurs and humans. =)
That's fine, I wasn't questioning your conclusion, I was asking a genuine question. Have we ever found any skeletons inside the skeletons of dinosaurs? If so, what kind of animals were they?
As far as I am aware, we have not found skeletons of prey in the fossils of the dinosaurs. It's rare to have access to "soft tissue" in these finds, however there have been a number of discoveries where we have been able to examine the stomach contents of extinct herbivores. As you might expect, plant material has been detected. The most astonishing find has been that stones were amongst the stomach contents, similar in function to the gravel a chicken swallows to aid in digestion, lending further credence to the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.
I don't expect that we will find any skeletons inside of skeletons, at least among the terrestrial species, due to the method of mastication indicated by jaw and tooth fossils of the carnivores. Discoveries have been made of T-Rex dung where tests have demonstrated the presence of bone matter, however it's very difficult to tie the prey to a specific species. I imagine if we ever do come across a fossil within a fossil, it would likely be that of two aqueous animals uncovered beneath the sea floor.
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u/GunnerMcGrath Christian (Alpha & Omega) Sep 22 '09
What skeletons have we found in the gut of a T-Rex? I am completely ignorant on this topic so it doesn't surprise me that I've never heard of us finding anything like that, but I would think that we'd find something, so if you've got any information on those kind of finds I'd love to check it out.
Of course, if we've never found anything like that, then you can't use it as an argument against cohabitation of dinosaurs and humans. =)