Re: Basal coelurosaur mess questions

["Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>]

Nicholas Gardner wrote-

> What material is known for *Tanycolagreus topwilsoni*?  The reference?

Premaxilla, lacrimal, teeth, a few cervicals, most of the dorsals, several
partial ribs, several cervicals, several chevrons, scapula, coracoid,
humerus, radius, partial ulna, incomplete manus, distal pubes, femora,
tibia, fibula, pes.
"Tanycolagreus" was published in two guidebooks for the North American
Museum of Ancient Life in 2001, but is still not officially described.  The
species "T. wilsoni" was yet to see print, existing only as a museum label.
The specimen was announced originally as an example of Coelurus by Miles et
al. 1998.
Miles, Carpenter and Cloward, 1998. A new skeleton of Coelurus fragilis from
the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. JVP 18(3) 64A.

> What material is known for *Ornitholestes hermani*?  I know that the
manual
> material was referred to *Coelurus*, but that's all I really know.

Holotype- (AMNH 619) (2.08 m, 12.6 kg) skull (138 mm), mandibles, third
cervical vertebra, fourth cervical vertebra, sixth or seventh cervical
vertebra, first dorsal vertebra, second dorsal vertebra, third dorsal
vertebra, seventh through thirteenth dorsal vertebrae, first sacral
vertebra, partial second sacral vertebra, partial third sacral vertebra,
fourth sacral vertebra, fifth sacral vertebra, first through seventh caudal
vertebrae, two proximal caudal vertebrae, eighteen distal caudal vertebrae,
twelve chevrons, humeri (127 mm), radii (85 mm), ulna (90 mm), metacarpal I,
proximal manual ungual I, phalanx II-1, manual ungual II, manual ungual III,
ilium (162 mm), incomplete pubis, ischium (152 mm), femur (207 mm), tibia
(159 mm), pedal ungual I, metatarsal II (109 mm), phalanx II-1, metatarsal
III (117 mm), phalanx III-1, proximal pedal ungual III, metatarsal IV (110
mm)

> Were the pedes preserved in *Compsognathus*, *Coelurus*, and
> *Sinosauropteryx*?

Both pes were preserved in both Compsognathus specimens and both
Sinosauropteryx specimens.  Some are only partially known, but the ful pedal
morphology can be determined by combining specimens.  For Coelurus, only the
distal part of metatarsal III and another metatarsal are known.

Mickey Mortimer