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RE: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #165
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Okay: as a personal plea to every single one of you I may have helped in the
past, on-line or off, PLEASE cease and desist any discussion of this book.
On Monday July 9th we can pick this up. I will give a detailed accounting of
why then.
PLEASE, do not talk about any of this.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland College Park Scholars
College Park, MD 20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/tholtz.htm
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/eltsite
Phone: 301-405-4084 Email: tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Fax (Geol): 301-314-9661 Fax (CPS-ELT): 301-405-0796
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dinogeorge@aol.com [mailto:Dinogeorge@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:06 PM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #165
>
>
> Here is a tidal wave of four new dinosaurs, part of that dinosaur-genera
> flood that I mentioned in a previous DGL corrections, all
> resulting from a
> single book that was released just last week:
>
> Tanke, Darren H. & Carpenter, Kenneth, eds., 2001. Mesozoic
> Vertebrate Life:
> New Research inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie, Indiana
> University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, Indiana: xviii + 542 pp.
>
> This is a "must have" book for all dinosaur aficionados. It can now be
> ordered through Amazon or from Indiana University Press. Its existence is
> being kept secret from Phil Currie, but the surprise may already
> be blown by
> the book's listing at the Amazon and Indiana University Press websites.
> Nevertheless, I've removed Phil's email addresses from my address
> list for
> this post, so if he hears of this book before receiving his
> surprise copy in
> Alberta next week, it won't be from me (heh heh); as far as I
> know, Phil is
> not on the dinosaur list.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dinosaur genus #909 comes from the following article in the book:
>
> Coria, Rodolfo A., 2001. "New Theropod from the Late Cretaceous of
> Patagonia," article 1 of Tanke & Carpenter, eds., 2001: 3-9.
>
> Quilmesaurus Coria, 2001
>
> And we add the following entry to the South American dinosaurs
> list in the
> forthcoming Mesozoic Meanderings #3 second printing:
>
> Quilmesaurus Coria, 2001
> Q. curriei Coria, 2001â
>
> This is a medium-size theropod of uncertain affinities from the Allen
> Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Argentina, known mainly from
> distinctive hind limb material.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dinosaur genus #910 is described in the following article:
>
> Tidwell, Virginia, Carpenter, Kenneth & Meyer, Susanne, 2001. "New
> Titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar
> Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah," article 11 of Tanke &
> Carpenter, eds., 2001: 139-165.
>
> Venenosaurus Tidwell, Carpenter & Meyer, 2001
>
> And we add the following entry to the North American dinosaurs
> list in the
> forthcoming Mesozoic meanderings #3 second printing:
>
> Venenosaurus Tidwell, Carpenter & Meyer, 2001
> V. dicrocei Tidwell, Carpenter & Meyer, 2001â
>
> This is a smallish titanosauriform of uncertain affinities,
> perhaps a derived
> brachiosaurid, based on a partial skeleton including mainly limb
> elements and
> distinctive caudal vertebrae. A juvenile of this genus may also
> be known, but
> is not described in this article.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dinosaur genus #911 is described in:
>
> DiCroce, Tony & Carpenter, Kenneth, 2001. "New Ornithopod from the Cedar
> Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Eastern Utah," article
> 13 of Tanke &
> Carpenter, eds., 2001: 183-196.
>
> Planicoxa DiCroce & Carpenter, 2001
>
> And add the following to the list of North American dinosaurs in
> MM #3 second
> printing:
>
> Planicoxa DiCroce & Carpenter, 2001
> P. venenica DiCroce & Carpenter, 2001â
>
> This is a medium-size ?iguanodontid based on a type ilium and numerous
> referred specimens (girdle and limb elements and vertebrae) found in
> association in a single quarry ("Tony's Bone Bed").
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dinosaur genus #912 is described in:
>
> Dong Zhiming, 2001. "Primitive Armored Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin,
> China," article 17 of Tanke & Carpenter, eds., 2001: 237-242.
>
> Bienosaurus Dong, 2001
>
> And add the following to the list of Asiatic dinosaurs in MM #3 second
> printing:
>
> Bienosaurus Dong, 2001
> B. lufengensis Dong, 2001â
>
> Based mainly on a right lower jaw with teeth, this genus is classified in
> Scelidosauridae, and the family Scelidosauridae is removed from "basal
> Thyreophora" and referred to the taxon Ankylosauria (i.e., along with
> Nodosauridae, Ankylosauridae, and Polacanthidae). It is from the Dark Red
> Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There is some theropod taxonomy concerning Laelaps trihedrodon in the
> following article:
>
> Chure, Dan, 2001. "On the Type and Referred Material of Laelaps
> trihedrodon
> Cope 1877 (Dinosauria: Theropoda)," article 2 of Tanke & Carpenter, eds.,
> 2001: 10-18.
>
> Dan notes that the species was referred to the genus Hypsirophus as H.
> trihedrodon in unpublished work by Cope, and to the genus
> Creosaurus as C.
> trigonodon [sic] by Osborn in 1931. Both of these referrals will
> be added to
> the entry for Dryptosaurus trihedrodon in MM #3 second printing.
> Dan supports
> referral of this species to the genus Allosaurus as a nomen
> dubium but stops
> short of synonymizing it with Allosaurus fragilis.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In the article
>
> Molnar, Ralph E., 2001. "Theropod Paleopathology: A Literature Survey,"
> article 24 of Tanke & Carpenter, eds., 2001: 337-363.
>
> Molnar uses the family name Acrocanthosauridae for the genera
> Acrocanthosaurus
> and Carcharodontosaurus. This is the first use of this name as
> far as I know.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The volume also includes two new footprint species:
>
> Aquatilavipes curriei ichnosp. nov. (a bird track)
>
> Tricorynopus brinkmani ichnosp. nov. (a mammal track)
>
> which I list here mainly for completeness; I don't track (heh
> heh) ichnotaxa
> in my lists (yet), and neither is a nonavian dinosaur track anyway.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Finally, I have asterisked the genus Patricosaurus in the
> dinosaur list (and
> also in MM #3 second printing) because a recent email by Mickey Mortimer
> fails to find any clear dinosaurian characteristics in the Patricosaurus
> material as described. Darren Naish notes in a separate email that a
> redescription of the material is in progress by British paleontologists.
>