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New species by proxy/photograph



Nate Murphy's publicity machine seems to be working overtime, with an 
abundance of local articles, but one struck me as beware of believing your own 
press/don't announce things before you've done a thorough scientific analysis 
(or at 
least finished the excavation):

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/18/build
/local/30-skelton-crew.inc

They can identify a new species of sauropod by photograph, from 10 (partial?) 
ribs and 3 vertebrae?  And (which?) paleontologists "instantly" confirm this 
through looking at the photographs, of bones that were dug up by amateurs 
using shovels and screwdrivers?  

The stegosaurus desscription seems to come from the Enchanted Learning site:
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Stegosaurus.shtml

Mary