RE: new paper on three African abelisauroids

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>:

> _Spinostropheus gautieri_ (gen. et comb. nov.) based on material 
> (disarticulated vertebrae, partial left humerus and partial right  tibia;  
> MNHN collection) originally described as _Elaphrosaurus gautieri_ (Lapparent
> 1960), plus referred vertebrae (MNN TIG6).  This is a basal ceratosaurian of
> Neocomian age, more derived than _Elaphrosaurus_ and _Ceratosaurus_.  
> _Spinostropheus_ is given as the sister taxon to the Abelisauroidea 
> (=Abelisauridae+Noasauridae).

Aha!  I first spied this name in one of the slides in Sereno's presentation here
at the U. of Michigan not long ago.  I was wondering what sort of beastie it
might turn out to be.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan