Re: new NA oviraptorosaur(was R: Tucson)

["Rob Gay" <rob_redwing@hotmail.com>]

To answer you and Mickey...
> Is that "Caenagnathid" an actual specimen??<
The mount is the combination of two seperate skeletons, found (judging from 
the photo present) about 50 yards apart. Mickey asked about the skull, and I 
think at least some of it is real. The crest seems different than what I've 
seen of _Oviraptor philoceratops_, and it lacks the two small teeth that 
_O._ has.

> In this case, do you have  some more info about it<
Here's what I know. It's about the size of _Dilophosaurus_, with a slightly 
smaller tail. The last three tail verts are fused together. I believe it was 
found in either Kansas or Oklahoma. They refer it to _Chirostenotes_, but I 
don't know enough about oviraptors to say if that's acurate or not. 
Fortunately, the company that is selling it apparently documented the whole 
thing very well. Unfortunately, it is being sold, and something that is this 
important, in my opinion, should really go to a museum.
Peace,
Rob

Student of Geology
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 20840
Flagstaff, Az. 86011
AIM: TarryAGoat
"A _Coelophysis_ with feathers?"

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