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Camarasaurs (was Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #118)
In a message dated 11/12/99 5:23:32 AM Pacific Standard Time,
tholtz@geol.umd.edu writes:
> The general "camarasaur" like skull seems to be the basic sauropod
> condition, found in basalmost forms (_Shunosaurus_),
> euhelopodid/mamenchisaurids (_Omeisaurus_, _Euhelopus_: like Dinogeorge, I
> wouldn't be surprised if Euhelopodidae really does contain _Omeisaurus_,
> _Euhelopus_, and _Mamenchisaurus_), _Jobaria_, and basal macronarians
(i.e.,
> _Camarasaurus_).
Argh. So is there still an actual Camarasauridae, or has Macronaria simply
turned into a bunch of serial outgroups to _Saltasaurus_?? :-S
--Nick P.