Re: Brontomerus, new Utah sauropod

[bh480@scn.org]

From: Ben Creisler
bh480@scn.org

I was not aware of the planned publication schedule for 
the paper but was still surprised to see the article 
appear so soon online. As I mentioned, I waited to see if 
Mike or another author would make an announcement before 
sending a posting to the DML. Once I saw the name on 
Wikipedia and in Google search, however, I figured the 
dinosaur was out of the matrix so to speak. This is an 
interesting sauropod with a great name and definitely 
deserves a formal announcement done in the right way.

I hope the premature paper was taken down before too much 
harm was done.


> On 4 January 2011 13:38, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 
<tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
> > They seem to have taken it off of the forthcoming 
papers page.
> 
> Yes, at my request :-)
> 
> I have also marked the Wikipedia article for Speedy 
Deletion, although
> I can't delete it myself as only Wikipedia 
Administrators have
> permission to do that.  (If anyone here is a Wikipedia 
Admin, please
> do delete this article!)
> 
> In the mean time, I'd take it kindly if y'all could 
just pretend that
> none of this ever happened, then squeal in delight when 
the paper
> actually does come out in a month or two.  Apologies 
once more to you
> all for the inconvenience.  Ironic that this should 
happen just five
> days after Bill Prker posted this article over on his 
blog Chinleana:
>        
http://chinleana.blogspot.com/2010/12/validity-of-
electronically-pu> blished.html
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> -- Mike.
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-
DINOSAUR@usc.edu]
> >> On Behalf Of Mike Taylor
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:41 AM
> >> To: keesey@gmail.com
> >> Cc: bh480@scn.org; dinosaur@usc.edu; Mathew Wedel
> >> Subject: Re: Brontomerus, new Utah sauropod
> >>
> >> On 4 January 2011 09:35, T. Michael Keesey 
<keesey@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:14 PM,  <bh480@scn.org> 
wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The paper has great reconstruction of a parent 
Brontomerus
> >> defending
> >> >> a youngster by kicking the Cretaceous out of a 
Utahraptor.
> >> >
> >> > Nice!
> >> >
> >> > Also worth mentioning is the etymology--
"Brontomerus" means
> >> "thunder thighs".
> >>
> >> Dammit all.  We TOLD the journal, several times, 
that we
> >> didn't want the in-press manuscript circulated until 
it was
> >> actually published.
> >> Apart from creating a nomen nudum, this is going to 
make it
> >> much harder to arrange publicity.
> >>
> >> Ah well.  Thanks to you both for your interest in 
what is,
> >> after all, a pretty weird sauropod.  Yes, that 
etymology is spot on.
> >>
> >> -- Mike.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > --
> >> > T. Michael Keesey
> >> > Technical Consultant and Developer, Flex 
Specialist Glendale,
> >> > California <a
href="http://tmkeesey.net/";>http://tmkeesey.net/</a>> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
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