NEW MORRISON ELAPHROSAUR etc

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

The following just in...

Chure, D. J. 2001. The second record of the African theropod 
_Elaphrosaurus_ (Dinosauria, Ceratosauria) from the Western 
Hemisphere. _N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Monatshefte_ 2001, 565-576.

Proximal right tibia from Garden Park closely matches 
_Elaphrosaurus_ in the shape of its cnemial and fibular crests and is 
referred to this genus. Clearly differs from the other Morrison 
theropod from which tibiae are known.

RE: the possible dromaeosaurine tooth from Denmark that Neils 
Bonde has recently announced (Pal. Ass. Newsletter 48, abstracts), I 
don't know if they have eliminated _Eotyrannus_ as this has somewhat 
_Dromaeosaurus_-like premax teeth (lacks any lingual twist of its 
carinae though). However, I did speak about this a while back with Per 
Christiansen... it seems that the tooth really is from a dromaeosaurine 
(i.e., specifically closer to _Dromaeosaurus_ than anything else).

RE: Wall to Wall TV series 'Extinct'... the first episode on the dodo is 
fun but with some notable errors (despite concerted efforts by our own 
Julian Hume, the featured expert in the episode) - the thing about pigs 
being the main destructive force is probably nonsense and look out for 
the _Achatina_ (not present on Mauritius in the 1600s). The constant 
suggestion that dodos were not known to be pigeons until this year is 
also irksome. The worst episode (IMHO) is the mammoth one. The 
thylacine one is pretty good - I tried to get the animators to change the 
gait of the running thylacine as what they have done is just not 
thylacine-like, but it was too late.

Another new _Myotis_ from Europe? How many more???

DARREN NAISH 
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