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Re: Dwarf Tyrannosaurs?
In a message dated 7/12/99 11:31:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Dinogeorge@aol.com writes this about Dinotyrannus:
<< Type locality and horizon: Hell Creek Formation, on the Lester D.
Engdahl ranch near Jordan, Garfield County, Montana, USA. Discovered in 1967
by a Los Angeles County Museum field party under the direction of J. Reed
MacDonald.
>>
Spellcheck: that should be James Reid Macdonald. Dr. Macdonald, at that
time Curator for the L.A. Museum, collected a mess of Hell Creek dinosaurs at
the Engdahl Ranch. It was his intention to assemble a group of latest
Cretaceous dinosaurs second to none. Unfortunately, those plans were never
realized after his retirement. Dan Varner.