Re: The Swedish Hypsilophodontid

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:05:20  
 Jerry D. Harris wrote:
>Re: recent list activity concerning the Swedish hypsilophodontid:
>
>    I've been in contact with the individual studying these fossils, and he 
>has assured me of several things:
>
>(1) learning that the specimen had been "named" by the press was a surprise 
>to him; he had never consented to anything like that;
>
>(2) the specimen is _far_ too fragmentary to be named; and
>
>(3) even if it WERE to be named, he would never, EVER name it 
>"Kristianasaura."
>
>So everyone can stop talking about this as if it were either described or 
>named and WAIT FOR THE BLOODY PUBLICATION!!!!

Oh, sure.  I have no problem with waiting for the paper (sensu Holtz), which is 
something that we have all been accustomed to :-)  The one thing I am 
interested in right now is where the name "Kristianasaura" was printed.  Since 
it was printed somewhere, it makes it a nomen nudum, and I was just trying to 
help out George Olshevsky by finding a citable reference.  

I wonder what brilliant member of the media thought up this name? :-)

Steve

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