FW: Chindesaurus

["R. Irmis" <rbi@dana.ucc.nau.edu>]

I sent this yesterday, but it didn't seem to get through to the list...

<<What's the position of _Chindesaurus_ in the classification: a basal
theropod (as it's told here) or a more primitive dinosauromorph?>>

This specimen is on display at the Petrified Forest Nat. Park.  Having seen
it, I can tell you that the preservation is not the greatest, but there is a
fair amount of material.  Long and Murry (1995) named it in a short
description as a herrerasaur.  Rauhut (2000) called it archosaur indet., but
I cant believe that it is this undiagnostic.  As with many poorly known
specimens, this one sorely needs to be redescribed.

Regards,
Randall Irmis