New refs 25

[Ralph Chapman <CHAPMAN.RALPH@NMNH.SI.EDU>]

And now a batch of new references*

First some fossil bird (avian dinosaurs) papers for those interested *

Field, J.H. & W.E. Boles. 1998. Genyornis newtoni and Dromaius
   novaehollandae at 30,000 b.p. in central northern New South
   Wales. Alcheringa, 22:177-188.

Baird, R.F. & P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Palaelodus (Aves: Palaelodidae)
   from the Middle to Late Cainozoic of Australia. Alcheringa,
   22:135-151.

Worthy, T.H. 1997. The identification of fossil Eudyptes and
   Megadyptes bones at Marfells Beach, Marlborough, South
   Island. New Zealand Natural Sciences, 23:71-85.


Next we have another paper from the productive Spencer G. Lucas.

Lucas, S.G. 1998. The aetosaur Longosuchus from the Triassic of
   Morocco and its biochronological significance.
   C.R. Acad. Sci., Earth & Planetary Sciences, 326:589-594.

Scute stuff, Late Carnian.


Next a new lizard from the Las Hoyas Lower Cretaceous of Spain*
Just got here despite the older publication date. The lizards
Meyasaurus and Illerdaesaurus from other Spanish outcrops turn
Out to be the same beast. The former  was based on a body and the
Latter a skull. New Las Hoyas material shows they go together.

Evans, S.E. & L.J. Barbadillo. 1996. The Early Cretaceous lizards
   Of Montsec (Catalonia, Spain). Treb. Mus. Geol. Barcelona,
   5:5-13.

Now, a new mammal*

Maschenko, E.N. & A.V. Lopatin. 1998. First record of an Early
   Cretaceous triconodont mammal in Siberia. Bull. de L*Institut
   Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre,
   68:233-236.

Lower jaw of Gobiconodon borissiaki.

And now the biggie, apparently part of an upcoming series  edited by Pierre 
Bultynck and Annie V. Dhondt on the Sino * Belgian dinosaur expeditions to 
inner Mongolia. We*ll stay tuned for more.

Godefroit, P., Z. Dong, P. Bultynck, H. Li & L. Feng. 1998.
   Sino-Belgian Cooperation Program *Cretaceous Dinosaurs and
   Mammals from Inner Mongolia*. 1. New Bactrosaurus 
   (Dinosauria: Hadrosauroidea) material from Iren Dabasu
   (Inner Mongolia, P.R. China). Bull. de L*Institut
   Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre,
   68-Supp:3-70.

Material from a rich bonebed discovered in 1995. Clarifies the anatomy of the 
taxon, shows it*s a definite flat-head. Suggests that the Hadrosauroidea is 
definitely monophyletic with 11 synapormophies and that B.j. is the most basal 
member of that clade. Nice, big paper.

That*s it for now,

Ralph Chapman