Of course, it wouldn't be a challenge if we weren't holding our feet to the fire with the possibility of public embarrassment. All of us have signed on the dotted line, and committed to getting these puppies out the door by January 1, 2010!
It's not too late to sign up yourself! There's always room for one more - so join the party!
Acceptors of the Paleo Paper Challenge
Tor Bertin:
Manuscript on mystery specimen
Andy Farke:
Myledaphus paper
Final dissertation chapter
John Foster:
Unspecified paper
Casey Holliday:
Articular cartilage paper
Dave Hone:
Unspecified paper
ReBecca Hunt:
Unspecified paper
Bill Parker:
Revueltosaurus manuscript
Heinrich Mallison:
Plateosaurus CAE (is waiting for the two other diss chapters to come out of review)
sauropods rearing
alligator muscle cross sections
non-Plateosaurus at MFN description
sauropodomorph rapid locomotion
Anthony Maltese:
Unspecified paper
Mark Mancini (Tanystropheus):
Redondosaurus cranial description
Eric Snively:
Chicken electromyography and implications for big theropod neck muscles.
Atlas of gekkotan lizards of the Paris Basin.
Artiodactyl vs. Stegoceras head-strike mechanics.
Mike Taylor:
The Archbishop description
Matt Wedel:
Final dissertation chapter
Adam Yates:
Early sauropodomorph pneumaticity
Rauisuchians of the Elliot Formation
Good Luck to you all!! :)
ReplyDeleteNick Gardner
ReplyDeleteunspecified paper with Mickey Mortimer
Should specify, it's a statistical comparative analysis of the evolution of sauropod size--it just involves a mystery specimen. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBrian Beatty
ReplyDeleteCalvert Formation Terrestrial Mammals Review with Ralph Eshelman (sorry Ralph!)
There's one thing I should clarify about this: I hope to complete my end of the research by 2010, but I can't speak for Dr. Hungerbuehler (who will be co-authoring).
ReplyDeleteThe tyrannosaur heterochrony/paleoecology thing (see NAPC 2009, for instance).
ReplyDeletewell, let's see:
ReplyDeletePlateosaurus CAE (is waiting for the two other diss chapters to come out of review)
both reviewers of one of those told me at SVP that it will take a while. So Jan 1 is a no-no. :(
sauropods rearing
Yup, feasible.
alligator muscle cross sections
non-Plateosaurus at MFN description
difficult - depends on how well my new laser scanner works.
sauropodomorph rapid locomotion
again, feasible.
So I guess it is down to those two.
Andy--when you have a chance to update the list, I'm working on a review paper on the Spinosauridae that I'd like to add to it (since it's not under the same constraints my other project is, I have no reason not to get it done before the deadline ;-) )).
ReplyDeleteHow many of these will go to PLoS ONE, I wonder ;-)
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