Re: Ye Olde Duckbill Dinosaur

["Bryan R. Stahl" <brstahl@sprynet.com>]

Looking in the DINOSAURIA, all Trachodon species seem to be Nomina dubia. 
Some species to Edmontosaur and some to Anatosaur.
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> From: Tomporowski, Steve <Steve.Tomporowski@us.ms.philips.com>
> To: dinosaur <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Ye Olde Duckbill Dinosaur
> Date: Friday, August 08, 1997 3:38 PM
> 
> 
> Hello all!
> 
> When I was a kid sneaking down to downtown New Haven to visit the Peabody

> Museum (which was free then....) I was very familiar with the then
current 
> restoration of the duckbill dinosaur 'Trachodon [spelling?]' as having a 
> wide duck-like bill and swimming in water.  Now that I've gotten back to 
> dinosaurs I know that that restoration is changed, in fact even that
diorama 
> at the Peabody has been removed.  I assume Trachodon is an invalid name
now. 
>  Since I've missed the changes due to new information, what happened to 
> Trachodon and his wide flat bill?
> 
> Thanks much....Steve