Re: New Refs. vs Supl. Info on Shuvuuia

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Alessandro Marisa" <amaris@tin.it>

> for all the Ceratopsian fun, I want to point out that in the October >2001 
> issue of "Canadian Journal Earth of Science" there is a Dinosaur >paper in 
> which is described a new species of  Chasmosaurus, >Chasmosaurus irvinensis 
> sp. nov.

Ah, at long last the paper's been released.  I had the fortunate opportunity 
of being able to view the type specimen (at least, I think it was the type.  
I haven't gotten a chance to see the paper yet) of _C. irvinensis_ about a 
year ago, under the watchful eye of Dr. Holmes, one of the authors of the 
paper.  At the time, the skull had just been removed from the matrix, with 
the rest of the postcranial elements still in the rock.
Interestingly, the specimen that I was able to see was preserved in sort of 
an upright squatting posture, and so it may possibly shed some light onto 
the whole ceratopian forelimb controversy when the rest of this baby comes 
out of the rock.
In the meantime, for those interested in seeing some photos of an excellent 
sculpt of the animal, held here at the CMN, they can be found at my website:

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/museumphotos-c_irvinensis.htm

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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