Re: Euoplo

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-26 05:36:14 EST, pharrinj@PLU.edu (Nicholas J.
Pharris) writes:

>I wasn't aware that it ever was!  Anyway, as the first named, 
>_Ankylosaurus_ has priority over all other names.  It looks to me like 
>we've got pretty good material of _Ankylosaurus magniventris_, certainly 
>enough to show that it was closely related to _Euoplocephalus_ and 
>_Talarurus_ (sorry, George), and that it was the largest and latest of 
>the ankylosaurs (as I recall).
>
>

_Ankylosaurus_ is much more closely related to _Euoplocephalus_ than to
_Talarurus_. Don't forget that ankylosaur evolution was always pretty slow,
with very little change in the body plan over much of the history of the
group. All the ankylosaurids look much alike, whether from Asia or North
America.