RE: Dinos galore [snip] and Tendaguru dinos

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Nick Gardner
>
> Mader, B.J. and Bradley, R.L. 1989. Aredescription and revised diagnosis
> of the syntypes of the Mongolian tyrannosaur Alectrosaurus olseni.
> Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9: 41?55.
>
> Has anyone read it?

Yep.  Pretty straight forward descriptive anatomical stuff: it was the paper
in which the forelimb elements of _Alectrosaurus_ were shown to be from a
segnosaur (therzinosauroid), rather than from _Alectrosaurus_ itself.  (Once
upon a time, _Alectrosaurus_ was famous for being a tyrannosaurid with
rather large arms...).

And, from Tim Williams:

>>What theropods and ornithopods are known from the Tendaguru?
>
>_Allosaurus_ and _Ceratosaurus_ species have been named based on Tendaguru
>material.  I'm not certain that these are correctly referred; they are
based
>on fragmentary material, and usually treated as _nomina dubia_.

Also, _Elaphrosaurus bambergi_ is from Tendaguru as well.

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