Re: A small Theropod found in Germany

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From: <HPBredow@aol.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Cc: <HPB@bdal.de>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 9:53 AM
Subject: A small Theropod found in Germany


> Hello list members,
>
> today (07/31/1999) there was a short report in my local (Bremen/Germany)
> newspaper Der Weser Kurier about a new theropod found in Bavaria.
>
> If these informations are correct we have another small, late jurassic
> theropod, of which so very few are known. I hope it's a new genus because
it
> would broaden our knowledge about these critters. Does anybody knows more?
>
> Just the main information according to the report:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Genus/Species: so far unknown, but a small theropod. Presumably a
juvenile.
>
> Preparation status: so far only the skull seems to be prepared.
>
> Place of discovery: the upper bavarian town of Schamhaupten, a region
where
> als some fossils of Archaeopteryx were found.
>
> Age: 151 ma.
>
> Size: estimated at turkey size for the juvenile , the already prepared
head
> has a length of 8cm.
>
> Presentation: recently at the Eichstätter Jura-Museum.
>
> Found by: in the summer of 1998 by to honorary workers of the museum named
> Hans and Klaus-Dieter Weiß.
>
>
> Many greetings from Germany
>
> Heinz Peter Bredow
> Bremen/Germany
>