RE: Tarbosaurus number ?

[john-schneiderman@cox.net]

Jocelyn,

I believe the picture shows a cast of PIN 553-1 Tarbosaurus bataar 
[holotype of and originally named Gorgosaurus lancinator Maleev, 1955], 
the caudal vertebra are cast of PIN 553-2 (ref: Maleev, 1974), and a 
paster cast was made of its braincase for study PIN 553-3 (ref: Saveliev 
and Alifanov, 2005)

Early Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous: Nemegt Formation, Mongolia: found 
in 1948; joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert in the 
Mongolian Ömnögovi Province

Hope this helps,
John Schneiderman


On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Jocelyn Falconnet wrote:

> Dear DMLers,
>
> Would you be so kind as to help me to identify the following specimen: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TarbosaurusP1050352.jpg ?
>
> There is another exemplary in the Muséum National d'Histoire 
> Naturelle, in Paris, but I am unable to state whether it is a 
> sculpture or the cast of an original - and, if it is a cast, what is 
> the collection number of the original. I think it may be related to 
> the complete specimens collected for the Institute of Palaeobiology of 
> the Polish Academy of Sciences (ZPAL). Can you help me ?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Jocelyn