Re: DINOSAUR WORLD 4

[tlford@ix.netcom.com]

darren.naish@port.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> Just got my copy of _Dinosaur World_ 4 (Spring 1998). Congrats to the
> editors (Allen Debus, Gary Williams and John Lanzendorf) - though
> they are running to a tight budget, the magazine has excellent
> content and is stacked full of info.

I also extend my congrates to Allen Debus et al. I recieved my copy
today also.

> 
> This issue has Gerard Geirlinski on a 'feathered' ichnotrace, photos
> of his feathered dilophosaur sculpture (wow!!), an interview with
> Paul Sereno, interview with Ken Carpenter (mentions Godzilla and,
> more importantly, _Gojirasaurus_), William Hammer on Antarctic
> dinosaurs, me on ichthyosaur locomotion, Tom Holtz on coelurosaur
> evolution, and loads more. Subscribe if (1) you are interested in
> Mesozoic vertebrates, and (2) if you are not already a subscriber.
> 
Interesting articles that I still need to read.

> Cliff Green's article on allosaurs mentions 'the wacky looking gavial
> headed spinosaurid that Paul Sereno just brought back from Africa'.
> Say what? I've seen photos of the new spinosaur, and it was not
> 'gavial-headed'.. I presume Green is using a bit of artistic license.

I asked Paul late last year about the "70%" complete spinosaur that he
found, and he said he had no idea what I was talking about. The only
'gavial-headed' spinosaur materal that I know of what Milner (I think
that's how gave the talk at the SVP at the AMNH) is at the Britsh Museum
of Natural History. I think he was talking about the elognated front end
of the skull. I'm sure Darren has seen the material first hand, but
can't really say much due to professional curtsy.

Tracy