Re: new NA oviraptorosaur(was R: Tucson)

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

David,
     If I recall correctly, HP Thomas Holtz suggested several months ago 
that Chirostenotes was perhaps the egglayer of *Continuoolithus* eggs (also 
ornithoid, but I'm not sure how long those eggs were supposed to be).
     Hopefully the embryonic remains associated with Continuoolithus eggs 
will be identified in the near future, and shed more light on this subject.  
I know, I know----"wait for the paper"---but if I have to wait 10 years to 
find out I am going to be climbing the walls and very irritated.
                  ------Ken   :-(
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"David Marjanovic wrote:
> AFAIK the known specimens of *C[hirostenotes].* are adult and much smaller.
>
> This beast at least makes a good candidate for the egglayer of 
> *Macroelongatoolithus* (ornithoid eggs 38 cm long, China and USA).
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