Gobiceratops minutus... and Volgadraco bogolubovi (new azhdarchid pterosaur)

[Rob Taylor <rjtaylor68@comcast.net>]

The same issue also includes a description of a new pterosaur:

Averianov, A. O., M. S. Arkhangelsky and E. M. Pervushov. 2008. A New Late 
Cretaceous Azhdarchid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Volga Region. 
Paleontological Journal 42(6):634-642[?].

Abstract: A new azhdarchid genus and species, Volgadraco bogolubovi gen. et 
sp. nov., is described based on
an anterior fragment of the mandibular symphysis (mandibular beak) and some 
postcranial elements from the
Rybushka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Campanian) of the Shirokii 
Karamysh 2 locality, Saratov
Region. The new taxon is intermediate in size and vascularization of the 
mandibular beak between medium-
sized Turonian-Santonian azhdarchids (Azhdarcho, Bakonydraco) and the giant 
Maastrichtian azhdarchid
Quetzalcoatlus.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heby@libero.it>
To: ".. ..." <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: Gobiceratops minutus, a new bagaceratopid


> A new supposed 'bagaceratopid' has been named in the latest issue of 
> Paleontological Journal, by Alifanov
>
>
> The Tiny Horned Dinosaur Gobiceratops minutus gen. et sp. nov.
> (Bagaceratopidae, Neoceratopsia)
> from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia
>
> Abstract-A new horned dinosaur, Gobiceratops minutus gen. et sp. nov. 
> (Bagaceratopidae, Neoceratopsia),
> from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of the Khermin Tsav 
> locality (southern Mongolia) is
> described based on a 3.5-cm-long skull. The nasal included in the orbital 
> border suggests relationship between
> the new taxon and Bagaceratops rozdestvenskyi. It is proposed that, unlike 
> other neoceratopsian families, the
> family Bagaceratopidae is of Paleoasiatic origin.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Lukas Panzarin