DINO PRESS & SVP 2000

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

Have just seen vols. 1 and 2 of _Dino Press_, a new Japanese 
magazine that looks kind of like a relaunched version of Dino-
Frontline (but isn't I suppose). I can't recall if anyone has given a 
rundown of the contents (George?) but it's pretty impressive stuff. Vol. 
2 has Luis art on the cover, a SAPE report, an article on 
_Charonosaurus_ by George (with Tracy's skeletal reconstruction), 
incredibly detailed photos of the fantastic 'headless wonder/not an 
allosaur' and all of the skeletal figs from Kellner and Tomida's recent 
_Anhanguera piscator_ monograph. Obviously the text's in Japanese 
but they provide an accompanying English translation as a separate 
booklet!

Anyway, the main reason I'm writing this is because it also features 
Luis' writeup of SVP 2000 (Mexico) and consequently has photos 
featuring some list members. Pete Buchholz makes it into at least three 
of the photos (apparently wearing the same clothes as when I saw him 
in 1999), Mary Kirkaldy sneaks into the background of another and 
Scott Hartmann and Tracy Ford make in into others. There's also a 
photo of Nick Longrich's poster on alvarezsaurids as 'aardraptors', it 
looks pretty impressive.

So _Dino Press_ is definitely worth getting hold of.

DARREN NAISH 
PALAEOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
School of Earth, Environmental & Physical Sciences
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