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Re: New Deinocheirus specimens found, indicating basal ornithomimosaur



I just saw this from Nov. 5th:

Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. November 2013 um 02:52 Uhr
Von: "Brian Switek" <evogeek@gmail.com>

> Absolutely right, Tom. With the official paper not out yet, I couldn't use 
> the images we saw at SVP. I recommended a photo of the holotype arms instead, 
> but apparently the photo editor made a different choice. The new Deinocheirus 
> looks drastically different.
>
> - Brian

Wow. I'd immediately demand full veto rights or terminate my contract! A photo 
editor who _so clearly doesn't know what they're doing_ is incompetent and 
cannot be allowed to make decisions about things outside their competence!

Quoted for context:

> > On Nov 4, 2013, at 6:43 PM, "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > The illustration does NOT match the new discovery. Deinocheirus does not
> > simply look like a larger, heavier Gallimimus.
> >
> >> On Mon, November 4, 2013 7:41 pm, Ben Creisler wrote:
> >> From: Ben Creisler
> >> bcreisler@gmail.com
> >>
> >> For a much more detailed description of the find and the presentation
> >> of the new Deinocheirus material, see Brian Switek's latest posting
> >> for Laelaps:
> >>
> >> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131104-dinosaur-hands-arms-body-mongolia/