PTEROSAUR & THEROPOD NEWS

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

Met Michael Benton at SVPCA, but of course forgot to ask for a 
_Schleromochlus_ reprint. Oh well. The following just in...

WELLNHOFER, P. and BUFFETAUT, E. 1999. Pterosaur remains from the 
Cretaceous of Morocco. _Palaontologische Zeitschrift_ 73: 133-142.

Jaw fragments and isolated teeth from the Kem Kem region 
(?Cenomanian) include toothless jaw fragments referred tentatively to 
pteranodontids, azhdarchids and tapejarids. The latter is 
particularly exciting: the first tapejarid from outside of South 
America, and another faunal link for Cretaceous Africa-S. America. 
The teeth represent various ornithocheiroids.

WELLNHOFER, P. 1998. Urvogel und befiederte Dinosaurier aus China. 
_Archaeopteryx_ 16: 131-136.

Won't be new to many of you: is all in German and obviously covers 
Wellnhofer's thoughts on _Sinosauropteryx_ and other Liaoning 
fossils. An addition at the end covers the (then) breaking news about 
_Protarchaeopteryx_ and _Caudipteryx_. 

KNOLL, F., BUFETAUT, E. and BULOW, M. 1999. A theropod braincase from 
the Jurassic of the Vaches Noires cliffs (Normandy, France): 
osteology and palaeoneurology. _Bull. Soc. geol. France_ 170: 
103-109.

The braincase (Callovian) differs from other mid Jurassic European 
theropods but is something like _Allosaurus_. Discussion of CT 
scanning and also covers the idea that the holotype 
_Eustreptospondylus_ is a juvenile: something the BBC was apparently 
not aware of (their beach-combing, island-hopping 
_Eustreptospondylus_ is apparently adult but the size of the 
holotype).

Finally, have just received notification of a Dinosaur Society UK 
conference: 'Science and the media: bringing dinosaurs to life'. 
Happening on 9th October: not enough notice for me, dammit I can't 
go. The advertising does not mention a venue.

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