Re: Thescelosaurus head

[Justin S Tweet <thescelosaurus@juno.com>]

   Considering what I call myself, I feel almost duty-bound to reply...
   I have the same book, and yes, it is a Greg Paul restoration, so he'd
know more about it than I would.  However, I can help with the rest of
your questions: up until a few years back, all that had been assigned to
*Thescelosaurus neglectus* for skull material were skull roof bones and
some teeth, I believe.  However, fairly recently (circa 1997) a
"complete" skeleton of *Thescelosaurus* turned up in Makoshika State
Park, Montana, which was attended to by the Museum of the Rockies,
according to a Montana Internet site.  I believe skull material was
recovered.  
   So, all mounts of *Thescelosaurus* made prior to this find (if a skull
or skull parts were recovered) have heads based mostly on guesswork,
including my favorite, that in St. Paul's Science Museum of Minnesota
(I'm partial to ornithopods that I can see practically in my backyard). 
   There is also an interesting bit of deja vu here as well.  According
to the List's archives, someone asked almost the exact same questions a
couple of  years ago.  
Spooky...
Hope this helps-*Thescelosaurus*
 
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:16:23 -0800 (PST) Pharris Nicholas J
<pharrinj@plu.edu> writes:
>
>I picked up a copy of the _Complete Dinosaur_ the other day and just
>happened to notice that the reconstruction of _Thescelosaurus 
>neglectus_
>(looked like a GSP job) was sporting a very long, low, pointed head.
>Previously I had always seen this species shown with a high,
>_Hypsilophodon_-like face.  New material?  How much skull material is
>known for _T. neglectus_?
>
>Nick Pharris
>Pacific Lutheran University
>Tacoma, WA 98447
>(253)535-7045


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