Spinosaurs were not obligate piscivores

Adam Khor

Duh...

http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0065295;jsessionid=9FC937EF0D16A51EA761B589DBCD56BA

Some of the juicy parts:

Calculations of bite force in Suchomimus [39] suggest that the bite may have been comparable to an alligator with a mandibular length of 50 cm suggesting that spinosaurs were capable of capturing terrestrial prey

Relative to the crocodilians, the spinosaurs generally both have higher absolute resistances to bending and torsion.

For a taxon such as Spinosaurus, the ability to feed on larger, struggling prey was not conferred by the possession of a snout that was relatively well equipped to deal with associated feeding loads, but may have been achieved by simple size-related advantages.

Cooper is fair game.

Galvasean

Well, we knew they weren't obligate fish eaters. Baryonyx ate Iguanodon and a South American species dined on pterosaur.

Adam Khor

I know, right? But they HAD to find REAL proof... :pac: