RE: News from both congresses

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

David Marjanovic wrote:

> - There is a new species of *Psittacosaurus* from the fluviatile part of 
> the Yixian Fm. Its name was mentioned. The referred (adult) specimen of 
> *Hongshanosaurus* belongs to this species (so I can keep it in the database 
> used for my thesis -- phew); the holotype of *H.* is not diagnostic because 
> it is so juvenile and so distorted, making *H.* a nomen dubium.

Any word on the bristle-tailed _Psittacosaurus_?

> - There is now a partial segnosaur phylogeny:
> --+--*Falcarius*
>  `--+--*Beipiaosaurus*
>     `--+--+--*Erliansaurus*
>        |  `--the arm referred to *Alectrosaurus*

The type specimen of _Alectrosaurus_ and _Erliansaurus_ both come from the 
Iren Dabasu Formation.  So is it possible that the therizinosaur forelimb 
that was originally referred to _Alectrosaurus_ actually belongs to 
_Erliansaurus_?

> - Jane is a fascinating subadult *T. rex*, and so is the type of 
> *Nanotyrannus*.

Care to elaborate?  ;-)

Thanks for the info David.

Cheers

Tim