Re: Herrerasaurus skin?

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: Dino Guy Ralph <dinoguy@sbcglobal.net>

> The most basal reliable theropod integument would seem to be that of
> _Carnotaurus_, which is tubercular in nature, with a distinct rosette 
> >pattern.
> See my post at <www.cmnh/dinoarch/1998Mar/msg00649.html> for >references.

What about _Aucasaurus_, then?  I understand it's been reported to have 
preserved skin impressions, too.  The authors of the formal description 
don't make mention of it in the paper, although I'm under the impression 
that Chiappe and Dingus make reference to it in their "Walking on Eggs" 
book.

Thanks for the GIANT let-down, Ralph! ;)

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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