Re: ON REVELATIONS

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> In listing the animals he regarded as possible members of the
> dromaeosaurid-bird clade, David wrote...
>
> > ?Heptasteornis andrewsi
>
> There is big breaking news on this and similar forms - some of
> you were informed at SVP. Also new material. Please do not spill
> the proverbial beans as this is in the works.

Er... I didn't want to say that I have any evidence for this placement, only
that I have read somewhere that someone considered it to be possibly
dromaeosaurid (after I had read it was a troodontid, that is). That's what I
wanted to express by the question mark. :-]

> (sensu sith).

What does that mean?

> To keep people informed, I can tell you that 'revelatory' identifications
> are being worked on for the theropods _Thecocoelurus_, the
> elopterygines, _Harpymimus_, the new IoW coelurosaur and
> _Rapator_. The monograph on _Irritator_ (submitted) has some
> interesting decisions on spinosauroid taxonomy.

:-))))))))))))))

> > Unnamed 5:
> > ?fairly complete, 4 m long, EK, Isle of Wight
>
> I take it this is the new genus I'm working on (with Steve Hutt et al.).
It
> is emphatically not a member of the dromaeosaurid-bird clade
> (Eumaniraptora Padian et al. 1999). Again, there is a scoop working
> its way through the system.

All information I have got on this animal:

"Palaeontology
Sickle claw from the Isle of Wight

A close relative of _Velociraptor_, the sickle-claw dinosaur made famous by
the film "Jurassic Park", has now been found on the Isle of Wight. The
island at the south coast of England has long been known as Dorado [sic] for
dinosaur researchers. Armour and iguana tooth dinosaurs [sic] as well as a
ten meter long meat-eating allosaur are among the most important finds.
    As a new, extraordinary discovery scientists could now present an about
four meter long dinosaur. Its dangerous claws and the knife-sharp teeth
argue for an active predator which swiftly pursued its prey on extremely
long hindlimbs. Together with the about 15 meter long skeleton of a
plant-eating dinosaur from the family of brachiosaurs, which has been
excavated in the last few years, the 120 million year old agile meat eater
will be one of the main attractions in the island's new geological museum
which shall be opened in the year 2000."

my translation from German
kosmos 12/98 p. 11