Re: big meat-eaters (Epanterias)

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@mailcity.com>]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:15:21   Jerry D. Harris wrote:
>>Epanterias was that large allosaurid that Bakker described sometime in the 
>>late 80's.
>
>   No, _Epanterias_ was one of Marsh's names, based on a fragmentary caudal 
>centrum from the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming.  You are 
>thinking of Bakker's dubious taxon _Edmarka_, which is (according to Bakker) 
>_not_ an allosauroid, but closer to _Megalosaurus_ (part of his 
>"Megalosauridae").  AFAIK, most people other than Bakker consider this form, 
>based largely on a jugal (although there is unpublished, attributed 
>material), to be well within the range of intraspecific variation for 
>_Torvosaurus_.

Oops, my fault.  I didn't mean to make it seem like Bakker originally described 
the species, because he certainly did not.  But, I do recall some of his work 
with Epanterias in 1988, and I briefly discussed this with him last year in a 
telephone call, where he told me that Epanterias is NOT _Allosaurus fragilis_, 
but the last member of the Allosaurid family.  Judging from some of the posts 
here I see that many of you disagree!

Steve


>
>>I recall that he described it as possibly being larger than T. rex, and 
>>being the last of its kind (the last allosaur).<
>
>   Bakker's concept of Morrison stratigraphy is, to say the least, unique.
>
>>Now, as with many thinks Bakker says, there was considerable objection to 
>>this species, with some just considering it a really big Allosaurus.<
>
>   Again, that should be "big _Torvosaurus.
>
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