New refs

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

 Here's a small batch for your consideration:

 McGowan, Chris. 1995. A remarkable small ichthyosaur from the Upper
    Triassic of British Columbia, representing a new genus and species.
    Canadian J. Earth Sciences   32:292-303.

 A dwarf ichthyosaur. Small - just over a meter but apparently not a
 juvenile described by the ever elegant C McG. If youo haven't picked
 up his book (the one with Spitfires in the title) I would recommend you
 do so. He says a lot and is quite entertaining and elegant in doing so.

And right after it:

 Wright, J.L., L Quinn, D.E.G. Briggs & S.H. Williams. 1995. A subaerial
    arthropod trackway from the Upper Silurian Clam Bank Formation of
    Newfoundland. Candian J. Earth Sciences   32:304-313.

A nearly foot long arthropod walking out in the air in the Upper
Silurian. Gait suggests it was good at it too! Vertebrates were not
alone in those early days by any means.

and...

  Grimaldi, David & G.R. Case. 1995. A feather from the Upper Cretaceous
     of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates  #3126, 6 pp.

Yes, the oldest bird trace on the North American continent. Looks like
a feather to me. It's a semiplume.


To quote one of the MacKenzie brothers  "It's a jelly..."

It's too late and time to go home for a few hours.

Pax vobiscum,  Ralph Chapman, NMNH