Re: Tanystropheus?

[Robert Margulski <RMarguls@cybercomm.net>]

Please pardon my ignorance. Are you guys talking about

        1) Tanystrosuchus: Kuhn, 1963 (with the long neck)

or

        2) Tanystropheus: von Meyer, 1855 * (which is not presently
                                                        thought to be dinosaur)

or

        3) I should go back and check my references and shut up.

At 07:08 11/19/1998 -0800, Larry Dunn wrote:
>
>---"Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > From:      Larry Febo [SMTP:larryf@capital.net]
>> >
>> > Tanystropheus,....(got me wondering about this thing again). I don`t
>> > suppose
>> > anyone considers it as a possible precursor to prosauropods?
>> 
>>      Looking at the skeleton, I was wondering that too.  The teeth look
>> odd, though.
>
>T. isn't a dinosaur though, is it?


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