New oviraptorosaur

["Jerry D. Harris" <jharris@dixie.edu>]

Hi All -

   Some new papers out:

Lü, J. and Zhang, B.-K. 2005. A new oviraptorid (Theropoda: 
Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong 
Province of southern China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 44(3): 412-422.

ABSTRACT:  _Shixinggia oblita_ gen. et sp. nov. herein described was 
collected from Shixing County, Nanxiong Basin of Guangdong Province, 
southern China, by the Beijing Natural History Museum in 1995. It is 
characterized by a relatively short preacetabular process of the ilium 
compared with its postacetabular process, and relatively high ratio of the 
ilium height (above the center of the acetabulum) to its length, the ventral 
margins of the preacetabular and postacetabular processes are much higher 
than the dorsal margin of the acetabulum, however. _Shixinggia_ shows a 
special character of large openings present on the anterior mesial surface 
of the trochanteric ridge in the femur, and the proximal end of the tibia, 
those openings are not reported in any known oviraptorosaurs. This is the 
second new genus of oviraptorosaurs from southern China in addition to 
_Heyuannia huangi_, which was reported in 2003.



Codorniú, L. S. 2005. Morfología caudal de _Pterodaustro guinazui_ 
(Pterosauria: Ctenochasmatidae) del Cretácico de Argentina. Ameghiniana 
42:505-509.


Piubelli, D., M. Avanzini, and P. Mietto. 2005. The Early Jurassic 
ichnogenus _Kayentapus_ at Lavini di Marco ichnosite (NE Italy). Global 
distribution and palaeogeographic implications. Bolletino della Societa 
Paleontologica Italiana 124:259-267.



...and several new papers in vol. 14 of _Kaupia_, which contains many papers 
and abstracts from the 3rd Annual Meeting of the EAVP:

Buffetaut, E., F. Escuillié, and B. Pohl. 2005. First theropod dinosaur from 
the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Kaupia 14:3-8.

Canudo, J. I., P. Cruzado-Caballero, and M. Moreno-Azanza. 2005. Possible 
theropod predation evidence in hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the Upper 
Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Arén (Huesca, Spain). Kaupia 14:9-13.

Le Loeuff, J., C. Gourrat, L. Hautier, R. Liard, and R. Enay. 2005. Late 
Jurassic sauropod footprint sites of southern Jura (France). Kaupia 
14:27-31.

Martin, J. E., and E. Buffetaut. 2005. An overview of the Late Cretaceous 
crocodilian assemblage from Cruzy, southern France. Kaupia 14:33-40.

Meyer, C. A., E. D. Frey, B. Thüring, W. Etter, and W. Stinnesbeck. 2005. 
Dinosaur tracks from the Late Cretaceous Sabinas Basin (Mexico). Kaupia 
14:41-45.

Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I., P. Cruzado-Caballero, P. Infante, and M. Moreno-Azanza. 
2005. Baryonychine teeth (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) from the Lower 
Cretaceous of La Cantalera (Josa, NE Spain). Kaupia 14:59-63.

Company Rodríguez, J. 2005. Longbone histology of _Lirainosaurus astibiae_ 
(Sauropodomorpha: Titanosauria) from the Upper Campanian of Chera, Spain. 
Kaupia 14:75.

Company Rodríguez, J., M. Feist, D. Peyrot, E. Barron, F. Robles, J. 
Pereda-Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2005. Stratigraphic position and 
palaeoenvironmental traits of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing sites 
of Chera (Valencia, Spain), based on micropalaeontological data. Kaupia 
14:76.

Csiki, Z., and D. Grigorescu. 2005. A new theropod from Tustea: are there 
oviraptorosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Europe? Kaupia 14:78.

Ösi, A., J. M. Clark, and D. B. Weishampel. 2005. Mastication in the most 
primitive eusuchian crocodylian. Kaupia 14:91.

Rauhut, O. W. M. 2005. Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of 
Tendaguru, Tanzania. Kaupia 14:94.

Schwarz, D., E. D. Frey, and C. A. Meyer. 2005. Reconstruction of the 
pectoral girdle in sauropods. Kaupia 14:101.

Suteethorn, S., V. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, J. Le Loeuff, C. Chonglakmani, 
and C. Tarubmuk. 2005. Description and comparison of sauropod remains 
discovered in Ban Na Khrai, Kalasin Province (Lower Cretaceous of 
northeastern Thailand). Kaupia 14:104.

Wings, O., A. Broschinski, and N. Knötschke. 2005. New theropod and 
ornithopod dinosaur trackways from the Berriasian of Münchehagen (Lower 
Saxony, Germany). Kaupia 14:105.