RE: Erliansaurus bellamanus

["Mortensen, Bruce" <bruce_mortensen@Affymax.com>]

Gunter Van Acker wrote -

> This must be the therizinosauroid found by Sereno et al. during their
> April-May 2001 expedition to Inner-Mongolia.
> 
> The website with the field updates is still available; the link below
> contains additional info and even a couple of images of the excavation of
> Erliansaurus (this critter eventually became the mascot of the
> expedition!).
> 
> http://www.projectexploration.org/mongolia/u50701.htm
> 
> Barely 14 months between excavation and publication ... not bad.
> 
> 
        ...To which I respond - This is most definitely not the animal found
by Sereno in 2001, so it is likely that we can all expect another paper on
Sereno's beast in the future.   In Aug 1999, I had the opportunity to visit
the Iren Dabsu formation, where I met Dr Tan.   In his prep lab in Hohhot,
they were working on this animal, and a shelf tag proclaimed it to be
"Erliansaurus, gen. nov.".   I have, to paraphrase the immortal words of Tom
Holtz, been waiting for the paper.   Now if anyone could be so kind as to
send me a copy of the paper ...

        Bruce Mortensen