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Re: RAJASAURUS

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: RAJASAURUS
From: darren.naish@port.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:43:45 +0100
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Re: _Rajasaurus_, I've just had a thought. Isn't the generic 
name for Dixon's (1988) bradyphant _Rajasaurus_? I don't 
have the volume to hand, it's at home.

The bradyphant is a fictional sauropod for those of you that 
don't know. Jumping the gun here but... if this is a 
preoccupation by a fictional name (a situation that Unwin 
(1992) recognised as a potential problem) does it matter?

Ref -- 

Unwin, D. M. 1992. The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative 
Evolution (review). _Historical Biology_ 6, 61-71.

-- 
Darren Naish
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Portsmouth UK, PO1 3QL

email: darren.naish@port.ac.uk
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References:
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