Re: grant for antonio and Where have all the ornithischians gone

[frank bliss <frank@blissnet.com>]

I decline because the DML did the deed not me so maybe Epistellosaurus 
dmlisti.
Frank Bliss
MS Biostratigraphy
Weston, Wyoming
On Jun 24, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Tim Williams wrote:

> << Where have all the  ornithischians gone?
> > Petrified Forest find wipes out record of these  Triassic dinosaurs 
> > outside South America
>
> To be fair, the jury is still out for other alleged Late Triassic 
> ornithischians (_Galtonia_, _Tecovasaurus_, _Pekinosaurus_, etc).  One 
> or more of these *might* be ornithischian; we need further material to 
> demonstrate this, either way.
>
> I'm not sure of the status of _Azendohsaurus_, from the Late Triassic 
> (Carnian) of Morocco (and Madagascar?).  In the past it has been 
> regarded as ornithischian, then as a mixture of ornithischian and 
> sauropodomorph material; but Jalil and Knoll (2002 - SVP abstract) 
> even cast doubt on its dinosaurian nature, based on referred material 
> (including postcranial elements found with _Azendohsaurus_ cranial 
> bits) from the type locality.  Another mysterious taxon, but probably 
> not ornithischian.
>
> And then there's _Technosaurus_, from the Late Triassic (Norian) of 
> Texas.  I had thought the original material included both 
> ornithischian and sauropodomorph material, and a putative 
> ornithischian dentary was designated as the lectotype.  Or am I way 
> off-base and/or out-of-date about this?
>
> Frank Bliss wrote:
>
> > The DML has funded, now it is up to Fabio to do the hard work.
>
> Wouldn't it be great if both the DML and Frank were honored in the 
> name of this hadrosaur.  Maybe "Epistellosaurus blissi".  :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim