Re: Dilophosaurus? sinensis skull photo

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/7/00 9:49:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
mickey_mortimer@email.msn.com writes:

> As an addition to the Yixian dino photos on Mike's web site, I have just
>  sent him a photo of the skull of Dilophosaurus? sinensis.  This was
>  described in Paleovertebrata Asiatica, which I certainly don't have access
>  to and many other list members probably don't either.  Tom and others
>  presented evidence at SVP 98 that this isn't really Dilophosaurus, but it
>  sure bears a resemblance.  

What this thing bears an uncanny resemblance to, in my mind, is 
_Monolophosaurus jiangi_ (see _Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences_ , vol. 30 
[1993], p. 2029).  The way the crest begins just in front of the eyes, for 
one thing, is more like _Mono_ than _Dilo_.  The lacrimal looks VERY like 
that of _Cryolophosaurus_, and the quadrate/quadratojugal/jugal area looks 
much like _Sinraptor_.  I wouldn't be surprised if _"D". sinensis_ turned out 
to be a primitive tetanuran or basal carnosaur.

Just a thought.

--Nick P.