Re: Pelecanimimus was ( Re: Hello again, and Re: The Monster of Aramberri again)

[Bernardino Pérez Pérez <bpp1968@mi.madritel.es>]

Hi,

The original description of _Pelecanimimus_ appeared in Nature, volume 
370, pages 363-367. That was August, 1994. There is a phograph of the 
complete (well, all the parts known then) skeleton before preparation, 
both under natural and ultraviolet light.

Nino.

Bernardino P. Pérez -Moreno.
Unidad de Paleontología
Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
28030 Madrid
Spain
bpp1968@mi.madritel.es

Chris Collinson escribió:

> > > First: The occipital crest of _Pelecanimimus_ was clearly seen in the
> ultraviolet photos of the unprepared skull.  It was even slightly
> visible under ordinary light. It was probably some kind of cartilaginous
> structure, although this is just conjectural. Surely, it was some kind
> of soft tissue. In the original paper in Nature there is a ultraviolet
> photography of the skeleton. You can check it there
>
> What issue of Nature did those UV photos appear in?
> thanks,
> -Chris Collinson