RE: Paleo news bits and refs

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> bh480@scn.org
>
> Alabama tyrannosauroid
> David Schwimmer's book about Deinosuchus is out, 
> called "King of the Crocodylians." He briefly discusses a 
> new (but unnamed) genus of tyrannosaur from Alabama said 
> to be more primitive than the western species such as 
> Albertosaurus and Daspletosaurus, and shows a photo of  
> foot bones (pages 126-127). The paper with Schwimmer as a 
> co-author is under peer review. Any more info available 
> yet? 

Need I have to say it? :-)

Wait.  For.  The.  Paper.

Pretty.  Darn.  Soon.

(I can say this much: it passed peer review!)

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Mosasaur news
> Lakumasaurus, new mosasaur from Antarctica. All I have is 
> the citation. No abstract is available online.
> 
> Novas, F.E., Fernandez, M., de Gasparini, Z.B., Lirio, 
> J.M., Nunez, H.J., & Puerta P., 2002. Lakumasaurus 
> antarcticus, n. gen. et sp., a new mosasaur (Reptilia, 
> Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of 
> Antarctica. AMEGHINIANA 39(2): 245-249.
> 
> Lingham-Soliar, T. 2002. First occurrence of premaxillary 
> caniniform teeth in the Varanoidea: Presence in the 
> extinct mosasaur Goronyosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) 
> and its functional and paleoecological implications. 
> Lethaia 35: 187-190.
> 
> "Oronosaurus" specimen returned to Israel from Denmark.
> The giant mosasaur from the Negnev to be described by Per 
> Christiansen and referred to informally as "Oronosaurus" 
> has been returned to the national Vertebrate Paleontology 
> collection in Jerusalem from Denmark after 8 years of 
> preparation and study--the specimen will go on public 
> display. There seems to be some confusion over which 
> journal is scheduled to publish the formal description. 
> One news story says it will be the Journal of Vertebrate 
> Paleontology, but Per's own website says Palaeontology.
> 
> 
> Ancient human remains found in North Korean lava flow
> PYONGYANG, Aug. 9 (Xinhua)--Archaeologists have unearthed 
> fossils of ancient humans buried deep in lava, which 
> presumably date back some 300,000 years, in the 
> northeastern part of the Democratic People's Republic of 
> Korea (DPRK). 
> 
> This is the first case in the world where ancient human 
> fossils have been found in lava, the latest issue of DPRK 
> journal, Korea Today, reported. A group of experts from 
> DPRK academies of sciences and social sciences and the Kim 
> Il Sung University found the bone fossils of an adult 
> female, a teenager and an infant in Hwadae County, North 
> Hamgyong Province. The fossils include skulls, pelvis, 
> thigh and bottom bones. 
> 
> DPRK scientists said the fossils, named Hwadae Man, are of 
> great value in the study of birth and growth of ancient 
> humans in what is today's DPRK. 
> 
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