Re: Irritator & Noasaurus

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Øyvind M. Padron" <gorgosaur@hotmail.com>

> I just finished a skull restoration on irritator, and I just want to know 
> if
> i did something horrible when I:
> 1) based the snout and dentary on Angaturama
> 2) based the nasal on Suchomimus/Baryonyx

Well, I think the safest route would be to wait for the paper by Hans-Dieter 
Sues redescribing the skull of _Irritator_.  It should be coming out 
shortly, as I understand it.

> I'm allso going to do a life restoration of Noasaurus, but I can't find any 
> skeletal information of in on the net.

That's probably because there's next to material assigned to this guy.  
Little more than some pedal elements, a maxilla, and other odds and ends, if 
I recall correctly.  Although I'm anxious to see the final product, I'm 
wondering if the effort would really be worth it or not.  I mean, what would 
you base such a reconstruction on?  _Masiakasaurus_?

> If you had a URL or skeletal images on _Noasaurus leali_ or any other 
> "noasaurid" that could help, I'd really appreciate that!

I remember seeing the known elements in Glut's _Dinosaurs: the 
Encyclopedia_.  And if those diagrams are in there, they're probably also in 
the original description.

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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