Re: Compys

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>In a message from Dr. Holtz he stated:
>>Incidentally, the case for the two fingered Compy is far from over.
>>Unfortunately, the French specimen is in even worse shape manually
>>than the
>>German, so that one is no help!
>
>I thought that a large number of Compys have been discovered at the Ghost
>Ranch in Arizona.  Am I mistaken about the find?

You are mistaken.  The Ghost Ranch dinosaurs are called (alternatively)
Coelophysis or Rioarribasaurus.  It is probably the similarity between the
names Compsognathus and Coelophysis which confused you.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
Email:Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)
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Phone:301-405-4084