Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #130

["Timothy Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Darren Naish wrote:

> A right femur and tibia
> previously referred to this taxon [Hoplitosuchus] is actually from a 
> dinosaur and recalls Mara
> suchus and Herrerasaurus: is here named Teyuwasu barbarenai. Generic is 
> from
> the tupi words te'yu (lizard - presumably the basis for the word tegu) and
> wa'su (big): thus 'big lizard'.

How "big" can _Teyawasu_ be?  I don't know the size of _Hoplitosuchus_ (to 
which the material was first referred), but aetosaurs are typically in the 
2-5m range.  Maybe Kischlat meant "big" compared to lagosuchians or 
_Herrerasaurus_?  Anybody have the dimensions for the _Teyawasu_ type 
material?


Tim
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