Pycnonemosaurus follow-up

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Having read the description of _Pycnonemosaurus_ by Kellner and Campos 
(2002), I can add that the paper does not reveal much more than is contained 
in the abstract:

http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/2003Aug/msg00251.html

The remains are poorly preserved, and associated (unsurprisingly) with some 
titanosaur bones.  All the material was collected back in 1952/1953!  The 
_Pycnonemosaurus_ holotype comes from an individual about 6-7m long, judging 
rom the length of the tibia.  The name "_Pycnonemosaurus_" translates 
roughly as "dense forest lizard", an allusion to its discovery in the 
Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Kellner and Campos (2002) do mention that _Quilmesaurus_ is probably an 
abelisaur.  Since the _Pycnonemosaurus_ material is so incomplete, it does 
not contribute much (OK, nothing at all) to resolving abelisaur 
interrelationships.  Still, it's a nice record of theropods from the Late 
Cretaceous of Brazil.



Tim

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