Skins and folios

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A NEW DINOSAUR SKIN FIND

A North Carolina State University researcher says the
fossilized dinosaur skin impression he recently helped
identify in New Mexico is the newest piece in an evolving
paleopuzzle scientists hope one day will show how dinosaurs
lived.

The fossils, pebbly textured rocks, were left behind by a
duck-billed dinosaur, a hadrosaur, who lived some 70 million
years ago in what now is southwest New Mexico, said Dr.
Reese Barrick, a paleobiologist in the NC State University
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
Unearthed five years ago, it was mistakenly identified as
fossilized tree bark until Barrick and colleague Brian
Anderson confirmed the rare find late last year.

Go to
http://www.sciencedaily.com/1996/April30/story4.html for
more information about this find.
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THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
WEB SITE GETS A FACELIFT

The New Mexic Museum of Natural History  Web Site has
been updated and includes new information as well as new
graphics.  Check out the new opening graphics and the
"Dinosaurs in New Mexico" exhibit which has current info
about dinosaur finds in that state.

Go to http://www.aps.edu/HTMLPages/NMMNH.html to
explore this virtual museum.
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A DINOSAUR FOLIO IS NOW AVAILABLE

A monthly dinosaur folio is now available.  Each dinosaur
listing includes such information as who discovered and who
described the dinosaur, the derivation and pronunciation of its
name, where it was found, how large and heavy it was, what
it probably ate, how long ago it lived, and a summary of the
scientific studies done on it. EVERY KNOWN SPECIES of
a dinosaur genus is treated individually. All the important
specimens of each species and the museums where they are
located are listed.  These folios include the latest dinosaur
finds. MANY ILLUSTRATIONS, by dinosaur artist TRACY
FORD, accompany the text.

Here is what is in the first installment: (1) the first set of
introductory folios, outlining the whole project and
explaining how the information in the file is organized; (2) a
complete listing of all the known dinosaur genera (8 pages
long, currently listing 787 names--each of which will
eventually have its own DINOSAUR FOLIOS entry); (3) the
dinosaur folios for the well-known giant carnivore
ALBERTOSAURUS from Canada; (4) the dinosaur folios
for the newly described super-giant carnivore
GIGANOTOSAURUS from South America; (5) the dinosaur
folios for the little-known, unusual armored dinosaur
REGNOSAURUS from southern England.

E-mail Dinogeorge@aol.com for information on how to
acquire Dinosaur Folios.