Standard taxonomic and geographic refererences

[Rich Grenyer <r.grenyer@ic.ac.uk>]

Dear Dinosaur-L:


Some of the work I'm doing on mammalian macroevolution has touched a 
little on dinosaurs, and I'm trying to get to grips with the huge 
literature in a quick and necessarily superficial way...Sounds 
ominous, I know. Anyway, I was wondering if there's a well-regarded 
and comprehensive dinosaurian taxonomy that covers species decribed 
after Weishampel, Dodson and Osmolska (1992), and in general how well 
the species list contained in that reference is regarded. My goal 
isn't bang-up-to-date phylogenetic revisions, but a standard 
reference similar to Corbet & Hill (1981) and Wilson & Reeder (1993) 
for mammals which can be used as a benchmark until superceded by an 
accumulation of little changes, or some seismic shake-ups.

I was also wondering if anyone has compiled a locality database for 
dinosaurian skeletal fossils, similar to the FAUNMAP project for 
Quaternary mammals, and if so whether it is online anywhere.

Apologies if this either has been covered before or really isn't 
interesting - desperation is beginning to strike at little!

Yours,

Rich Grenyer

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Rich Grenyer

Mammalian Evolution and Conservation
Biology Department
Imperial College at Silwood Park
Sunningdale
Berkshire
SL5 7PY

Telephone: +00 44 (0)20 7594 2328
Fax:            +00 44 (0)20 7594 2339
email: r.grenyer@ic.ac.uk
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