Re: Dinosaur Nicknames

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Stephen Dedman wrote:
>
> The Gorgosaurus cast in the Western Australian Museum is known as
> "Gordon" (previously named "Albert" the Albertosaurus). And one of the
> most celebrated Australian fossils, an opalized pliosaur skeleton, was
> named "Eric". John Long has since discovered 3 more partial pliosaur
> skeletons, and named them Donald, Thora and Clem.
> 
> - Stephen Dedman

Speaking of which, does anyone know whether "Eric" the pliosaur has
be described and named? From what I can tell from photographs it
seems to be fairly complete, yet most captions simply read "pliosaur".
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        Dann Pigdon
        Melbourne, Australia
        http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/4459/

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