RE: Seismosaurus Ref.

["Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>]

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From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
Mike Taylor
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:44 AM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Seismosaurus Ref.

As I start to write up the biggest-dinosaurs thread for the FAQ (and
must surely be _the_ more FA'd of Q's :-), I find that it would be
useful if I could track down the original _Seismosaurus_ paper, for
which the only reference I have is Gillette 1991.  I've searched for
"Seismosaurus" on the DinoData reference base at
        http://www.dinodata.net/Refs/scien.htm
but all it turns up is:

        GURLEY, L.R., VALDEZ, J.G., SPALL, W.D., SMITH, B.F.,
        GILLETTE, D.D. (1991).  Proteins in the fossil bone of the
        dinosaur, Seismosaurus. J. Prot. Chem. 10, 75-100

Is that it?  Seems to be all that Gillette has formally published on
_Seismosaurus_, unless you count _Seismosaurus: the Earth Shaker_.
More, the only other ref listed is:

        ZOCCO, T.G. and SCHWARTZ, H.L. (1994) Microstructural analysis
        of bone of the sauropod dinosaur Seismosaurus by transmission
        electron microscopy.  Paleontology 37(3), 493-503

Can it really be true that such a well-preserved and fascinating
specimen has only ever generated two papers?  What's the story there?

Thanks in advance,

A quick run through my lists comes up with the following. I seam to be
missing the Gurley, et al and will have to get that.

Dixon, P. R., Spall W. D., and Janecky D. R., 1991, Seismosaurus bone
composition: Geochenical process indicator in a sandstone uranium province:
44th Annual Rocky Mountain Section, 25th Annual South-Central Section, 1991
Abstracts with Programs. The Geological Society of America with the
Paleontological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section, p. 17.
Gillette, D. D., 1989, Pelvic and caudal anatomy of the giant sauropod
Dinosaur "Seismosaurus" (Morrison Formation, New Mexico): Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 9, supplement to n. 3, Abstracts of papers,
Forty-ninth Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate
Paleontology Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin Texas, November
2-4, p. 22A.
Gillette, D. D., 1991, Paleoecological significance of gastroliths in
dinosaur escavation site: 44th Annual Rocky Mountain Section, 25th Annual
South-Central Section, 1991 Abstracts with Programs. The
Geological Society of America with the Paleontological Society of America
Rocky Mountain Section, p. 24.
Gillette, D. D., 1991, Seismosaurus halli, gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod
dinosaur from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) of
New Mexico, USA: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 11, n. 4, p.
417-433.
Gillette, D. D., 1992, Ground-based remote sensing experiments at the
Seismosaurus excavation, Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, New
Mexico: 45th Annual Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with programs. The
Geological Society of America, p. 14.
Gillette, D. D., 1997, Seismosaurus hallorum Project: The Dinosaur Report,
Summer 1997, p. 5-6.
King, J., 1991, Earth Shaker, N. M.'s Seismosaurus Longest of Dinosaurs:
Albuquerque Sunday Journal, June 23, 1991, p. A1, A6.
Lucas, S. G., 2000, The gastromyths of "Seismosaurus," a Late Jurassic
dinosaur from New Mexico: In: Dinosaurs of New Mexico, edited by Lucas S.
G., and Heckert A. B., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciences,
Bulletin 17, p. 61-67.
Pope, G. T., 1991, The Hunt for Seismosaurus: Popular Mechanics, v. 168, n.
7, p. 30-32.
Schwartz, H. I., Gillette D. D., and Manely K., 1989, Taphonomy and
Paleoecology of the Upper Jurassic (?) "Seismosaurus" locality, San Ysidro,
New Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 9, supplement to n. 3,
Abstracts of papers, Forty-ninth Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, The University of Texas,
Austin Texas, November 2-4, p. 37A.
Schwartz, H. L., and Manley K., 1992, Geology and Stratigraphy of the
Seismosaurus locality, Sandoval County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v.
14, n. 2, p. 25-30.
Spall, W. D., Janecky D. R., and Dixon P. R., 1991, Seismosaurus bone
composition: Proteins: 44th Annual Rocky Mountain Section, 25th Annual
South-Central Section, 1991 Abstracts with Programs. The Geological Society
of America with the Paleontological Society of America Rocky Mountain
Section, p. 96.
Zocco, T. G., and Schwartz H. L., 1994, Microstructural analysis of bone of
the Sauropod Dinosaur Seismosaurus by transmission electron microscopy:
Palaeontology, v. 37, part 3, p. 493-503.


Tracy L. Ford
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