New Pachycephalosaur (was RE: dinosaur questions)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Tommy Bradley
>
> sean newell <raptorboy51@hotmail.com>:
> >>3. has the new flat skulled South Dakotan pachycephalosaur been named yet?
>
> Hey, yeah! :-)
>
> David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:
>
> >No.
>
> D'oh! :-(
>
> Have there been any further developments?  An ETA on when it might be named?

Quite possibly years. Science takes times, folks, and (despite all those 
documentaries to the contrary) paleontology does NOT end
when you get a bone out of the ground!! If you want a thorough study (such as 
this animal deserves), it takes some time.

That isn't to say that some workers don't dash off a quick report within a year 
of the field season, but that isn't always the case.

When I saw the specimen earlier this month, they were still preparing it.

>   Would someone be a buddy and keep me, say the rest of us up-to-date?
>
Rest assured: this list is VERY good about updating people on the latest 
publications.

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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