Re: Labocania (was Re: ABELISAURIDS & CARCHARODONTOSAURIDS)

[<TWILLIAMS@canr1.cag.uconn.edu>]

> > Secondly, Molnar was unsure of 
> > _Labocania_'s affinities - the cranial elements resembled those of 
> > _Chilantaisaurus_, 

Nick Pharris wrote:
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> Of course, we're none too sure of _Chilantaisaurus_'s affinities, either!

Very true.  But I think we can be fairly sure that it isn't a 
tyrannosaurid.  Part of the problem is that there's very little 
overlapping material between _C. maortuensis_ and _C. tashuikoensis_, 
so they may not belong in the same genus.


Tim


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