Greenland

[Ralph Chapman <MNHAD002@SIVM.SI.EDU>]

 OK gang - you asked for it, you got it. More info on the Jenkins etal
 Greenland stuff from the Upper Triassic.

 The temnospondyl is a Plagiosaur they refer to as
 Gerrothorax cf. pulcherrimus which they have lots of skeletons and
    heads of and associated material.

The capitosaurid cyclotosaur is known from some nice material as well
Cyclotosaurus cf posthumus. with a nice biig head >40 cm. in one case.

The turtle is from limb bones and a partial plastron and is referred to
Proganochelys

The aetosaur material consists of partial skeletons of two specimens that
was disarticulated and referred to Aetosaurus ferratus and some scutes
from a much larger specimen of Paratypothorax andressi.

There is a hunck of Plateosaurus engelhardti material including
one nearly complete adult skeleton, a complete skull with associated
manus, 3 fragmentary specimens of limbs plus vertebrae, two juvenile
partial specimens, one with jaw. Pe seems to be the large rat of the Upper
Triassic as it truns up in abundance all around - sort of like Protoceratops
andrewsi in the Cret of Mongolia - but a bit bigger.

No toe measurements given - sorry Jim - as this was a preliminary report.

The theropod is a few parts from a single specimen including dissociated
vertebrae and ribs, a partial pelvis and a hindlimb including femur (33 cm
long) and some phalanges. They think it's from a small bipedal theropod
dinosaur. That's as far as they go.

The pterosaur is a single individual with apparently uncrushed bones and
includes rostral part of the skull, complete maxillary, partial lower
jaws, lots o' vertebrae, fore- and hindlimbs. The dentition is heterodont
and suggests Eudimorphodon with characteristic tricuspid maxillary teeth.
Limb proportions and dentition details suggest a different species from
E. ranzii.

The mammals are teeth of Kuehneotherium and ?Brachyzostrodon

OH AND I FORGOT THEY HAD FOOTPRINTS TOO!!!!

A bunch of them on a series of bedding planes. Most abundant are tridactyl
ones (nor surprise here) referable to Grallator seeming to be referred to
small to emdium size theropodish types, some round with claw parts prints
which suggest quadrup. archosaur and a few other things.

That's all for this thing.   Ralph Chapman, NMNH