Re: South Dakota fossil yields new dinosaur species

[David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net>]

  This was a timely find.  I was asked to create a dragon-like creature 
for a movie today.  Guess what I used as reference!  Many people at the 
studio thought the CT skull was a monster design from just another 
fantasy film.

David Krentz
On May 2, 2005, at 6:23 PM, Darryl Jones wrote:

> At 05:35 PM 5/2/2005, ken.carpenter@dmns.org wrote:
> > Wonder if they are going to get a real paleontologist to describe 
> > this,
> >
> > Ken
>
> Why go through all that trouble?  They seem to be doing just fine 
> naming new species right there on the site.  "Gorgosaurus linsteri" 
> (or should it be "linstorum" ;-) )?  Then there is the new species of 
> Leptoceratops.  Bambiraptor is there.  This museum has quite the range 
> of new species.  Lucky them.
>
> In all seriousness, what sticks out on this new pachycephalosaur that 
> really makes it a pachycephlosaur?  It is a very cool skull.  The CT 
> scans are VERY cool.  Being an amateur, I will leave guessing and 
> figuring to those who know more.
>
>
> Darryl Jones  <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>
>
>
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