brontosaurus

[rowe@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe)]

Oh, man!!!  I installed the patch that should prevent listproc from
inappropriately rejecting messages, and the patch apparently caused it
to reject another one for a different reason!  It just goes to show
you that conservation of grief is a fundamental physical principle!

The problem was worse than I thought; it rejected my forwarding of the
message too.  I've gone back to the old version for now.  In any case:

  Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 18:09:27 -0400
  From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
  Message-Id: <950825180927_63378273@emout04.mail.aol.com>
  To: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu

  Regarding the Apatosaurus-Brontosaurus problem, a very nice brief
  paper by John S. McIntosh was published in the Short Papers of the
  Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biotas, which
  just ended a couple of weeks ago in China:
  
  McIntosh, J.S., 1995. "Remarks on the North American sauropod
  _Apatosaurus_ Marsh," in Sun A. & Wang Y., ed., Sixth Symposium on
  Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biotas, Short Papers, Beijing,
  China Ocean Press: 119-123.
  
  He diagnoses the genus _Apatosaurus_ and retains three valid
  species: the type species _Apatosaurus ajax_ (based on a large
  juvenile skeleton YPM 1860; junior synonyms are _Atlantosaurus
  immanis_ and _Apatosaurus laticollis_); _Apatosaurus excelsus_ (type
  species of the genus _Brontosaurus_; junior synonym is _Brontosaurus
  amplus_); and _Apatosaurus louisae_.
  
  _Apatosaurus ajax_ includes the largest (as adults) and geologically
  latest members of the genus, generally 10% larger than individuals
  referable to the other two species. _Apatosaurus excelsus_ is not
  otherwise reliably distinguishable from _Apatosaurus ajax_ based on
  available material, but _Apatosaurus louisae_ had relatively more
  robust limb elements than the other two species.
  
  The fourth species, _Apatosaurus yahnahpin_ was erected too recently
  for inclusion in the paper.
  
  G.O.