RE: Dakosaurus andiniensis

[Ken.Carpenter@dmns.org]

Let me rephrase my comment. It looks like a mosasaur, meaning we have a
croc that is convergent with later mosasaurs. I did not mean to imply I
thought Dakosaurus was a mosasaur.
Ken

Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology/
Chief Preparator
Department of Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205
 
Phone: 303-370-6392
Fax: 303-331-6492
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu] On Behalf
Of Ken.Carpenter@dmns.org
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:28 AM
To: thats_mr_annoying_to_you@yahoo.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: RE: Dakosaurus andiniensis

Sure looks like a mosasaur

Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
Curator of Lower Vertebrate Paleontology/
Chief Preparator
Department of Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205
 
Phone: 303-370-6392
Fax: 303-331-6492
************************************************************
for PDFs of some of my publications, as well as information of the Cedar
Mountain Project: 
https://scientists.dmns.org/sites/kencarpenter/default.aspx

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu] On Behalf
Of Christopher Collinson
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:27 PM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Dakosaurus andiniensis

Check it out, Newswise has hi-res photos of the skull
and line drawings to help make sense of the fossil.
The skull really  doesn't look all that wierd when
compared to other Metriorhynchids. While the drawings
are obviously from the paper, the article doesn't
mention where or when it will be published. It does
mention, however, that the December 2005 issue of
National Geographic Magazine will be featuring
Dakosaurus andiniensis.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/516005/#imagetop

Cheers, 
Christopher Collinson


                
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