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Re: dwarf tyrannosaurus
On Wed, 7 Dec 1994 BPC.APA@email.apa.org wrote:
> If nanotyrannus is a dwarf species of tyrannosaurus, why would it need to
> be named T. lancensis? Is there already a dwarf species named? And, if
> I've been following this naming thread properly, wouldn't nanotyrannus
> stick?, As long as we're bringing up dwarf species, have there been any
> others discovered (perhaps a population isolated on an island at some
> point)?
>
The ankylosaur? Struthiosaurus I believe is suppose to be an dwarf
dinosaur. Also, mention of hadrosaur material found in Romania which may
represent dwarfism amongst dinosaurs living in isolation.
---John Schneiderman (dino@revelation.unomaha.edu)