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Masitisisauropus: It looks like a standard grallatorid. It's preserved
in medium-grained sandstone, and there are no signs that I could see of anything
that might possibly with a huge amount of imagination be called feathers..... (BTW Masitisisauropezus does too.) Argentinian bird-like tracks: (snipped and highlighted from Ray's original message): "... seemingly
hinting that the Argentine 'bird-like' tracks should be questioned because no
bones of such tiny theropods have been found there. IF (and only if) that's
what she was hinting," Ray seems to have put words into mouth. Unfortunately, they are not
words that would have come OUT of my mouth. Who can tell anything from a single
sentence quote? Parts of the quote that got snipped included my views on the
Argentinean material's similarity to Trisauropodiscus - another
Late Triassic track attributed to a bird (by Paul Ellenberger and Martin
Lockley) - which nonetheless looks like a small Anomoepus (which as
EVERYBODY knows is an ornithischian track J).
Now, not having SEEN Ricardo's prints in person, I can't
really say much with confidence at all, can I? I can merely speculate. emma (A real-life full-blooded ichnologist. Who happens to have an
appreciation for bonies.) Emma C. Rainforth Curator, Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Instructor Mesalands Community College 911 South Tenth St. Tucumcari, NM 88401 505/461-4413 x192 fax 801/838-4126 emmar@mesalands.edu |