KITTYSAURUS

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

Just to let you know that we haven't been able to shake off the 'cat-like' 
label for _Eotyrannus_ - local newspapers have been featuring the 
animal over the last few days and _The News_ (local paper for the 
Portsmouth area) even refers to it as _Kittysaurus_... arghhhh!! Leader 
line for the article states: 'His cat-like agility has earned him the 
nickname kittysaurus - but this killer was no pussycat'. Groan.

'Pre-t-rex' and 'father of T. rex' have also been used.

DARREN NAISH 
PALAEOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
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