Carcharodontosaurus (was Re: Megalosaurs)

[NJPharris@aol.com]

Hello again!

In a message dated 96-05-31 11:49:06 EDT, Jonathan Wagner wrote (first
quoting Tim Williams):

>>By the way, the paper on _Carcharodontosaurus_ and _Deltadromeus_
>>mentioned that at an abelisaur had been discovered in Africa.  Does
>>anyone have the details?

>        Yeah, I saw that too.  Intriguing!  I believe, but I'm not sure,
>that this is part of the Charcharodontosaurus-as-abelisaur theory that has
>been put up (I believe Holtz, mentions it in the big paper (1994)).

No, I don't believe so.  In this month's _National Geographic_, Sereno
is pretty committal in labeling _Carcharodontosaurus_ an allosauroid.
Based on what I've seen, I have to agree.  *Very* close to
_Acrocanthosaurus_, and closer to Sinraptoridae than to Allosauridae,
IMHO.  I still haven't seen the new paper.  What's the ref? [It's the
cover story of the May 17th issue of _Science_ -- MR]

As for the African abelisaur, I'll have to go along with an earlier
poster and speculate that the reference was to _Majungasaurus_, from
Madagascar.
 BTW, did everyone see the ?_M. crenatissimus_ premaxilla in the
winter '96 _Dinosaur Report_?  Wow!  On the same tack, I can't wait
untill they get that 85% complete titanosaur prepared!