Preface

Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In closing this preface, this memoir would not have been possible without the encouragement and dedication of series editor J. A. Wilson, the timely comments and improvements of several colleagues, and the financial assistance from the Taylor & Francis Group and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Special thanks are due to C. Abraczinskas of the University of Chicago for drafting and improving the final versions of the majority of the figures, and to W. Simpson and the superb fossil preparators in the Fossil Laboratory at the University of Chicago and the Museo de Ciencias Naturales at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan. We also thank the National Science Foundation (NSF BSR-8722586) for funding the 1988 Argentine-American Expedition, the National Geographic Society for funding the 1991 Argentine-American Expedition that resulted in the discovery of Eoraptor lunensis, the Earthwatch Institute for 12 years of field support, and the Universidad Nacional de San Juan and James Murphy for support of research and upgrading and expansion of paleontological laboratory and collections facilities. Handling editor: Jeffrey Wilson.