RE: Request for pics of Carnotaurus facial skin

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

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Waylon Rowley
>
> I have been looking for good photographs of the patch of 
> facial skin that was found preserved on the snout of 
> Carnotaurus. If anyone out there has some, could you please 
> send them to me? Otherwise, if you have access to this 
> particular impression, I would be more than willing to 
> compensate you for taking time to photograph it. Please reply 
> off-list to: awesomesaurus@comcast.net. Thanks a million! 

We all would, actually. The Czerkas' unpublished study of the Carnotaurus
skin impressions is one of the great yet-to-be-seen papers of the field...

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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