[norell@amnh.org: oviraptor]

[rowe@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe)]

Mark Norell just asked me to forward this to the list:

  to answer Peter Bucholz question

  1) At Djadoktha (Bayn Dzaka and Bayan Mandahu) and Djadoktha like
  (Kheerman Tsav, Khulson, Ukhaa Tolgod) localities several different
  kinds of eggs are found.  The only ones that can be deifinitively
  identified are those that contain oviraptorid embryos and those that
  contain Gobipteryx embryos.  Some eggs may in fact be Protoceratops,
  but we have no idea of knowing which ones those are.  The most
  common eggs and the best preserved nests collected by American
  Museum expeditions (in the 20's and now) and Poilsh, Russian and
  Mongolian expeditions are oviraptorids.
  
  2) the new reconstructions of oviraptorids coming out of people
  associated with our group is based on new material collected during
  the Mongolian-AMNH expeditions.  This material is salso identical to
  specimens collected by Mongolian expeditions housed in Ulaan Baatar.
  At this time we feel that the material is probably referable to
  philoceratops.
  
  Dr. Mark A. Norell
  Department of Vertebrate Paleontology
  American Museum of Natural History
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