Such megacrocs, then, could easily have acted as top predators in this ecosystem. But thatdoes not completely explain the absence of theropod tracks. Modern migrating herbivores fallvictim to many sorts of carnivore: big cats, wolves and hyenas, to name but three. Themarshy conditions of the dinosaur freeway may, though, have favoured crocodilians over predators that had evolved on drierland. In that sort of environment even a big theropod would constantly have been lookingover its shoulder. Perhaps the real reason why they did not plant their footprints on thedinosaur freeway is that they might have ended up as prey, as well.
这样的巨鳄能在这样的生态系统中轻松担当顶级掠食者的角色。但这并不能完全解释兽脚亚目食肉恐龙的缺位。现代迁徙类食草动物成为众多食肉动物的牺牲品:大型猫科动物、狼、鬣狗,就拿这三样来说。然而,比起在干燥陆地上进化的掠食者,恐龙公路所处的湿地环境也许更受鳄鱼目动物欢迎。在那样一种环境下,即便是一头巨大的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙也会不时回头张望。它们为何没有在恐龙公路上留下足迹呢?真正的原因或许是它们同样亡于其它掠食者。
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