R: Torvosauroidea was [R: Torvosaurus & Giganotosaurus]

["Alessandro Marisa" <amaris@tin.it>]

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. <th81@umail.umd.edu>
A: Alessandro Marisa <amaris@tin.it>
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Data: lunedì 26 luglio 1999 15.24
Oggetto: Re: Torvosauroidea was [R: Torvosaurus & Giganotosaurus]

>My references are currently packed away due to my moving offices, but
>among other characters Sereno et al. use to link _Torvo._, _Eustrepto._,
and
>Spinosauridae are: elongated rostral ramus of maxilla; enlarged and
>elongated thumb claw; pinched rostral ramus of lacrimal.  (A previously
>reported character, the reduced size of the quadrate foramen, might apply
>to "Torvosauridae", but is not found in Spinosauridae).

OK, at this time, in the Torvosauridae I have only three genera, one of this
very doubful, Torvosaurus, Eustreptospondylus and Edmarka, but for the
latter I have some doubt, can you tell me if this is a valid genus and
species or if this is a junior synonym of Torvosaurus, the little that I
have read on Edmarka seem confirm that these animal was very very similar to
Torvosaurus.



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