CRETACEOUS BRACHIOSAURS

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

Tracy and Mickey M have been discussing the diversity of Cretaceous 
sauropods. Both mentioned the African brachiosaurid described by 
Rauhut and Werner (1997).

Apparently this specimen (a femur) is Titanosauriformes incertae sedis 
- Dave Martill and I say this in _Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight_ 
following a pers. comm. from Paul Barrett. Not definite brachiosaurid 
apparently... assuming that the latter is a clade of course:)

New paper that will be of interest to some...

Evans, S. E., Prasad, G. V. R. & Manhas, B. K. 2002. 
Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota 
Formation of India. _Zool. J. Linn. Soc._ 133, 309-334.


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