Re: Iguanodon (was Re: Saltasauridae (was Re: new titanosaur paper)

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/99 12:19:33 PM EST, TWILLIAMS@canr1.cag.uconn.edu 
writes:

<< Secondly, strictly speaking _I. 
 atherfieldensis_ may have to be renamed if _Vectisaurus valdensis_ is 
 considered a junior synonym (as David Norman and others believe).  
 _V. valdensis_ was named in 1879, predating _I. atherfieldensis 
 (1925).  >>

Most senior synonym of _Iguanodon atherfieldensis_ may be _Heterosaurus 
neocomiensis_ Cornuel 1850, recently restudied by French workers. I would say 
_I. bernissartensis_ and _I. atherfieldensis_ belong in different genera, but 
they're retained in _Iguanodon_ more by tradition than anything else.