Re: Syrmosaurus

[head@lust.isem.smu.edu (Jason Head)]

At 8:40 PM 8/29/95, Fred Bervoets wrote:
>Dave wrote:
>
>>  I was wondering if anyone knew anything about
>> the ankylosaur genus _Syrmosaurus_?  I've always been intersted by this one
>> because it supposedly had a flattened tail end (an "ax" rather than a
>>"club").
>> But I've haven't heard anything about this genus for a long time...is it
>bogus?
>
>As far as i know (am i out of data again?) Syrmosaurus is the same as
>Pinacosaurus.
>
>Pinacosaurus = Syrmosaurus (Maleev,1952) Pinacosaurus >  P.grangeri (Gilmo
>re,1933) >> P.ninghsiensis (Young,1953) en Syrmosaurus viminicaudus
>(Maleev,1952). . Source: The  Dinosauria by Weishampel, Dodson and Osmolska.
>
>Please fil me in if i am wring.

        - No, you are not wring.
>
>
>With regards
>
>Fred Bervoets
>fb@nrc.nl





Jason J. Head
Dept. of Geological Sciences
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Tx. 75275


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