New Refs

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        Upon this day I bring to you
        two unmentioned papers, one old, one new,
        that were mentioned neither made none the wiser,
        and so I cite them... Pikachu!

        Sorry, I haven't got time to rhyme.

        Godefroit, P., X. Pereda Suberbiola, Li H. and Dong Z.-M., 1999.
        A new species of the ankylosauried dinosaur _Pinascosaurus_ from
        the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongoloia (P.R. China). Bulletin de
        L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Sciences de
        la Terre 69-Supplement B: 17-36

        Describes Pinacosaurus mephistocephale. As its name implies, this
beast has the head of the Devil. There is no other way to describe it. I'm
surprised it doesn't have "BLASPHEMY" across its forehead. This animal is
pretty much what you think of when you think of evil, at least from the
front. From the side it looks like an earthworm wearing a spiked collar.
Then again, what ankylosaur doesn't?


        Fricke, H. C., R. R. Rogers, 2000. Multiple taxon-multiple
        locality approach to providing oxygen isotope evidence for warm-
        blooded theropod dinosaurs. Geology 28: 799-802
        
        Sound like a paper in the recent NMMNH volume? This isn't exactly
a new idea. Unfortunately, it does not appear that authors are currently
addressing what I feel to be the two most important issues in any study
comparing crocodillian and theropod tooth isotopes: is the taphonomy of
the specimens comparable and appropriate to the study, and how do you know
that the animals are drinking the same water?

        Anyway, P. mesphistocepahle is very clever, regardless of
whether it really is a distinct species or not. Reminds me of some of my
favorite (hypothetical) joke dinosaur names:

        From the Morrison Formation: Regisaurus omnipotens
        Angimimus biscutdo
        Drinker nestea
        
        Wagner