RE: Paleo finds of the year 2005

[Christopher Taylor <gerarus@westnet.com.au>]

I'm not sure what I'd nominate as the most significant discovery in
palaeontology of this year, but I do know what I'd nominate as
potentially the two most significant results in relation specifically to
dinosaurs - Fain & Houde's Metaves vs. Coronaves paper, and Butler's
_Stormbergia_ paper with its radical reorganisation of basal
ornithischian phylogeny. The first due to its finding of a significant
result in the particularly confusing area of Neoaves phylogeny, the
second for (hopefully) resurrecting attention on a poorly neglected
corner of phylospace. Of course, as with all new phylogenies, time will
tell just how significant these results really are.

    Cheers,

        Christopher Taylor (returned after successfully shifting to a
whole new landmass)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu] On Behalf
Of Vladimír Socha
Sent: Friday, 30 December 2005 2:18 AM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Paleo finds of the year 2005

Good day!
I wonder if anyone created some kind of table with the most important
paleontologic discoveries of this ending year. Or if  you were to make
such a table, what would it be like? Thanks, in advance   Vlad.

P.S. Are there still tons of unprepared fossil material from Dry Mesa q.
bellow the football stadiums around the CW of US ;o)