Re: Olshelsky

[Crpntr@ix.netcom.com (Kenneth Carpenter)]

Michiaki


>The latest Japanese dinosaur magazine (Kyoryugaku Saizensen
>No.9, ISBN4-05-600851-5) reported the history of North American
>and Asian Tyrannosaurid discovery, by George Olshevsky.
>He think there are three genera of Tyrannosaurid in the Nemegto
>basin, Tyrannosaur bataar, Tarbosaur efremovi, Maleevosaur
>novojilovi, respectively.
>And he think Tyrannosaur bataar is neither Tyarnnosaur nor
>Tarbosaur, so he want to rename Tyrannosaurs batarr as
>Jenghizhkan bataar.
>
>I read Japanese dinosaur book written by Phillip Curry for 
>Japanese reader, which says Segnosaurid egg found in China.
>Could you tell me something about this ?
>
>Michiaki Endo 
>ved00656@niftyserve.or.jp
>
>



Michiaki,

First, you should know that George Olshevsky is not a trained 
paleontologist.  I like him and he sometimes has good ideas.  But George 
does not spend very much time studying real fossils.  He relies mostly 
on pictures and what others have written.  I would urge you to becareful 
about accepting what George writes.  George has been writing about 
dinosaurs for GAKKEN because they pay, and because he can get his 
opinions to people without having other scientists critize or challenge 
him.  If George wants to play dinosaur paleontologist, then he should 
follow the rules.

I do not accept Tarbosaurus as being different that Tyrannosaurus, nor 
that Jenghizhkan is a valid name.  George is unfortunately making things 
difficult for dinosaur paleontologists with the new names he has been 
throwing out.

As for the segnosaur eggs, yes, the are real.  I got to see them in 
Denver last year.  There are embryos inside that Dale Russell has 
identified as segnosaur.  The egggs are about 8 cm in diamter.

Kenneth (Kenichi) Carpenter