Re: AUSSIE ORNITHISCHIANS

[AM Yates <Adam.Yates@bristol.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 Tetanurae@aol.com wrote:

> 
> <<*Atlascopcosaurus loadsi*>>
> 
> I am not sure what this is, and unfortunately it is very fragmentary.  It 
> does seem to have teeth indicative of Euornithopod relationships, and may 
> even be a real gosh-darned hypsilophodontid (though biogeographically, I 
> doubt that).

Molnar has suggested that is a small pleisiomorphic member of an
Australian endemic "Muttaburrasauridae". Although this is supported by
just a single dental apomorphy, I am not aware of any contradictory
evidence and the idea is very appealing (of course that means one
should be extra harsh on the idea when seeking to test it)..

cheers

Adam Yates