RE: Erliansaurus bellamanus

[GUNTER.VANACKER@ELECTRABEL.COM]

Kazuo Takahashi wrote-
> A NEW THERIZINOSAUROID (DINOSAURIA,THEROPODA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS
IREN
> DABASU FORMATION OF NEI MONGOL
> XU Xing, ZHANG Xiao-Hong, Paul SERENO, ZHAO Xi-Jin, KUANG Xue-Wen, HAN Jun
&
> TAN Lin
> VERTEBRATA PALASIATICA vol.40 No.3 pp.228-240


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.



regards,

Gunter Van Acker