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Re: Quakes Shift Whole Island Of Sumatra...
David Marjanovic wrote:
Oh, uh... dinosaurs. Dinosaurs! I agree that *Dilong* is the most
"important" discovery of the year. *Rugops* does deserve some mention for
being Africa's first named abelisaur, but that's it.
You must mean mainland Africa - don't forget two abelisaurs have been named
from Madagascar: _Majungasaurus_ and _Majungatholus_, though only the
latter is currently considered a valid genus. As abelisauroids,
_Deltadromeus_ and _Masiakasaurus_ might also be considered African
abelisaurs.
As for _Dilong_ being the most important paleo discovery of 2004 - no
argument on that one. My nomination for 2003 was _Microraptor gui_, the
"four-winged" dromaeosaur.
I wonder when we'll hear anything about Australia or Madagascar, let alone
the Nicobar and Andaman islands?
Australia appears to be safe (*touch wood*). Also, most of the Indian Ocean
coastline of Australia has an extremely low population density.
Tim