Re: Nurosaurus Pictures

["Michael Hanson" <mhanson54@attbi.com>]

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From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: Nurosaurus Pictures


> Michael Hanson wrote:
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> > I found some images of Nurosaurus (misspellled Nuoerosaurus) on this
> > site. You need to scroll down a little bit, though. Here's the link
> > http://www.arches.uga.edu/~dnute/paleo/
> > <http://www.arches.uga.edu/~dnute/paleo/>
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> I would guess that since this sauropod (Nurosaurus / Nuoerosaurus) has yet
> to be described, there is (as yet) no correct spelling.  The name has been
> floating in the ether for about ten years now.  I'm also very uncertain
> about the skeleton being as complete as the exhibition suggests.
>
    I am somewhat suspicious of certain elements also, particularly the
skull. It seems quite unusual for any sauropod. Considering the fact that
Nurosaurus is a possible mamenchisaurid, I'd say that the skull is 50% real
bone and 50% bad plaster reconstruction.
>
> David Marjanovic wrote:
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> > And who's Tom Clancy? :-)
>
> Author of several (large) books - all geopolitical thrillers centered on
the
> U.S. kicking the sh*t out of foreign bad guys.
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> Tim
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