RE: On Xenoposeidon gen. et sp nov

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Fabio Della Vecchia wrote:

> You are not the only victim of this system. Our paper on the rimmed,
> Triassic nests of crurotarsal archosaurs was totally ignored. Here, in
> Italy, in Europe, in USA, in the world. Maybe on the moon.....

No, the Man on the Moon didn't hear about it either.  But I heard about it here 
in Australia (which is almost as far away).

The paper is...

Avanzini et al. (2007).  A vertebrate nesting site in northeastern Italy 
reveals unexpectedly complex behavior for late Carnian reptiles.  Palaios 22: 
465–475.

Abstract: "We interpret 13 large subcircular or horseshoe-shaped depressions 
discovered in Late Triassic peritidal carbonate rocks of the Dogna Valley in 
Udine Province, northeastern Italy, to be reptile nests.  These trace fossils 
show truncation of strata, elevated ridges of massive sediment, and sediment 
infill within the depression differing in shape and sedimentary structures from 
the host sediment.  The palynological assemblage of a shaly interbed close to 
the nest layer indicates a Tuvalian age (late Carnian).  Archosaurian 
footprints, produced possibly by aetosaurs, are on a surface 130 cm above the 
nest-bearing layer.  The trackmakers are considered the most probable nest 
makers."


Cheers

Tim

P.S.  Catching up on a huge backlog of mail... still celebrating a change of 
government down here... 
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