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Re: New Antarctic Theropod
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>>From ernst@violet.berkeley.edu Wed May 11 10:16:52 1994
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> > I am curious about the crest on the skull of the new theropod found
> > in the antarctic (I forget the name given to it).
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>I think that must be Monolophosaurus.
The new theropod is Cryolophosaurus ellioti, from the Early Jurassic of
Antarctica.
I believe it is crysophosaur. The article I read said that they coined the
name to translate as freezing crest lizard - meaning the scientists froze and
the dinosaur had a crest.
-Randy