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Re: SERENO'S NEW DINOSAUR PAPER
Norman R. King wrote:
>If the material from Bernissart turns out to be different from Mantell's
>Iguanodon, or if Mantell's Iguanodon is based upon plesiomorphic
>characters, then I. bernissartensis will have to be reassigned to a new
>genus, will it not, since the original concept will have lost any generic
>content? After all, look at what happened to Lagosuchus, and what almost
>happened to Coelophysis. How can we honor the concept of Iguanodon when
I remember reading what almost happened to Ceolophysis, but what happened to
Lagosuchus? Can anybody fill me in on this?
Thanks much.....Steve