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Re: road kill

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: road kill
From: Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>
Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 16:11:38 -0400
Reply-to: tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov
Sender: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu

>Tom Holtz posted a message Fri or Sat that mentioned the term " orrigional
>road kill specimen" What does this mean? I can well imagine some early
>primate named Thag Simmons menacing the pre-historic highways.

The "road kill" stegosaurs are ones which are almost in perfect
articulation, but splayed out somewhat by post-mortem forces.  Given their
resemblance to common highway carrion, they have been called the "road
kill" specimens.

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov
Vertebrate Paleontologist in Exile                  Phone:      703-648-5280
U.S. Geological Survey                                FAX:      703-648-5420
Branch of Paleontology & Stratigraphy
MS 970 National Center
Reston, VA  22092
U.S.A.