Khaan again

[Marco Auditore <maaudito@tin.it>]

At 21.21 30/07/2003 -0700, Jaime wrote:

>The skull of "Khaan" featured in _National Geographic Magazine_ 190
>[Webster, 1996: Dinosaurs of the Gobi, pg. 70-89] is referred to by
>Norell, Gaffney, & Dingus, 1995, as an isolated skull. Whether this is
>true or not, I am not sure, but Dashzeveg et al., 1994, in _Nature_, say
>the same thing in their third figure, which indicates this "long and 
low"skull.

I've seen the number (IGM 100/973) in fig. 2 of another Nature paper: 
"Extraordinary preservation in a new vertebrate assemblage from the Late 
Cretaceous of Mongolia", by Dashzeveg, Novacek, Norell, Clark, Chiappe, 
Davidson, MkKenna, Dingus, Swisher et Perle (Nature, 347: 446-449, March 
1995). In the text, were the authors described the new (at the time) 
Mongolian locality of Ukhaa Tolgod, there is no specific words about 
oviraptorid specimen, but only the following: "In a small area near the 
south opening of the amphitheatre, more then eight skeletons of 
oviraptorids were exposed. Oviraptorid embryos are preserved in eggs that 
have previously been associated, based on the proximity and high abundance 
of skeletons, with protoceratopsians".
I think that the eight skeletons can be the holotype of Citipati, Big mom, 
Romeo and Juliet, IGM 100/973 and... Who and were are the other three skeleton?

:-) Marco

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