December 20, 2014
1:31 pm: Setting up to start the final, but crucial
editorial phase of the manuscript that has several secondary objectives:
(1) Finish adding the relevant literature (e.g., Larson,
2013, and possibly Gilmore 1946 and Bakker et al. 1988, and some other works).
(2) Make sure that each section is coherent and well
organized.
(3) Complete the description of the axis, the only undescribed
bone, but for which I have a complete set of notes and measurements.
(4) Add photographic plates for the skull, subnarial
foramen, teeth, cervical and dorsal ribs, hemal arches, and gastralia.
(5) Add the in-text citations for the tables and figures.
(6) Make sure the references cited section is complete.
(7) Collate the distribution of plesiomorphic and derived
characters in Jane and write that up for the discussion section in the context
of recapitulation.
(8) Assess the hypothesis of tyrannosaurid ontogeny of Carr
(1999) based on the pattern seen in T.
rex that Jane illuminates.
There’s a lot to do. I’m going to start this in a systematic
fashion, by reading the (presently) 601-page manuscript from start to finish. I
will not move ahead to a section. However, before that there’s some
quantitative data that is a priority for me to collate.
1:50: Stop.
?: resumed in the evening; started on collating the
plesiomorphic and derived character state in Jane and found that I have to add
the states for adult T. rex. I also
started going through the ms with a red pen, and reached the maxillary process
of the premaxilla. I also collated and charted data on tooth count and length
of the tooth row.
References cited
Bakker, R. T., M. Williams, and P. J.
Currie. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous
of Montana. Hunteria 1:1-30.
Carr, T. D. 1999.
Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:
497-520.
Gilmore, C. W. 1946. A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Montana. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106:1-19.
Larson, P. 2013. The case for Nanotyrannus; pp. 14-53
in J. Michael Parrish, Ralph E. Molnar, Philip J. Currie, and Eva B.
Koppelhus (Eds.) Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology. Indiana University
Press, Bloomington.
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