Re: Khaan?

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Heinz Peter Bredow (HPB1956@aol.com) wrote:

<Plate 15 B shows an "unnamed oviraptorid, almost complete skeleton", a
photo by courtesy of Mark Norell. Is this Khaan mckennai  (IGM 100/1002)?

To add some nitpicking, does this photo correctly shows the skeleton? In
"Geo, das neue Bild der Erde" (June 1998 page 61) there was the same photo
in color with left and right reversed. My bet is that DA shows it
correctly.>

  I do not know the Deutsch pub in question, but in DA the skeleton is
correct. Note, however, there are two skeletons currently referred to
*Khaan*, and the pictured one is the referred specimen, not the holotype.
The holotype is nearly complete, including caudal series. The specimen is
preserved so that the animal was laying on it's left side, right side
exposed. The reverse in the holotype. Hope this helps.

  Cheers,

  

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