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Hi everyone. I got my new scanner (as those
of you who requested scans should know already), but I'm off to college
tomorrow, so I'll probably only get one or two "Details on..." segments a week
done now. On the plus side, the library at the University of Washington
will allow me to get references quicker. Anyway, here's news on two
dinosaurs that should be crossed off peoples lists.
The "Dinosaurus" mentioned in The Dinosaur Society
Dinosaur Encyclopedia as being a large theropod from the Late Cretaceous of
India known from a caudal vertebra and fragmentary ribs is actually a typo,
according to Donald Glut. Thus, this interpretation of this genus should
be removed from anyone's lists (like the Dinosauricon). Dinosaurus is
just a therapsid and a junior synonym of Plateosaurus (or whatever the
plateosaur mess turns out to be when it's sorted out).
The "ornithomimosaur" from the Salt Wash Member of
the Morrison Formation in Utah (Chure, Madsen and Britt 1993), said to be known
from a nearly complete skeleton, is in fact an allosaurid (Jackson pers. comm.
to Chure 2000). Thus, the Kimmeridge Clay ornithomimosaur is the earliest
known (excluding the ?abelisaur Elaphrosaurus and the coelophysoid
Shuvosaurus).
And look out for another "dinosaur" that will be
revealed to be rausuchian soon, but which one........? :-)
Mickey Mortimer
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