Comments on: Daemonosaurus Shakes Up the Early History of Dinosaurs

By: Debra Elmore

Debra Elmore — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:07:58 +0000

Some time ago I found a type of limestone rock in my backyard with what looked very much like a large handprint. Over the years the reais have washed away some of the image and now it looks more like a couple of dried birdfoot prints that were frozen in time into the rock. And recently I watched a National Geographic show about ancient sky birds, so I wonder if I need to share this rock with those who are researching ancient species of flying dinosaurs. I have a photo that I can share if anyone is interested.

By: marco garcia

marco garcia — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:47:31 +0000

que guapo! ya soy fan del Daemonosaurus!

By: Bill Parker

Bill Parker — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:39:27 +0000

This brings up the question if Daemonosaurus is a juvenile, then what is it a juvenile of? Certainly not Coelophysis,the only other theropod in the same geological member, which is already known from a good ontogentic series. In my post at Chinleana I brought up the point that we may not be able to discount a Chindesaurus-like taxon. There is a stratigraphic, and thus temporal, separation between the two forms but this does not preclude the possibility that Daemonosaurus and Chindesaurus may turn out to be closely related. As you state, we need more fossils.