Re: Help indentifying dino species!

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/28/2000 2:19:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
j_mallon@hotmail.com writes:

> http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/eos/info/mea/mea120_info/www/virtual/skeletal/
> skeletal.html
>  
>  Some of the drawings posted there are listed with species names while 
others 
>  are not.

Well, let's see...

_Allosaurus_:
This looks like GSP's _A. fragilis_ (which some workers consider the only 
valid species of _Allosaurus_)

_Baryonyx_:
_B. walkeri_

_Caudipteryx_:
_C. zoui_

_Dilophosaurus_:
_D. wetherilli_ (probably the only valid species of _Dilophosaurus_; _"D." 
sinensis_ does not belong in this genus).

_Gallimimus_:
_G. bullatus_

_Kritosaurus_:
I can't keep track; many workers do not consider this a valid genus.

_Plateosaurus_:
_P. engelhardti_

_Sinornithoides_:
_S. youngi_

_Therizinosaurus_:
_T. cheloniformis_ (actually, this is a composite therizinosaurid drawing, 
with the skull of _Erlikosaurus andrewsi_, the pelvis and backbone of 
_Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus_, and the arms of _T. cheloniformis_).

_Camarasaurus_:
_C. supremus_, _C. grandis_, or _C. lentus_, I don't know which.

_Compsognathus_:
_C. longipes_ (probably the only valid species).

_Euoplocephalus_:
_E. tutus_

_Giganotosaurus_:
_G. carolinii_

_Hypsilophodon_:
_H. foxi_

_Mononykus_ (note spelling):
_M. olecranus_

_Stegosaurus_:
badly in need of review.  This looks like the species commonly called _S. 
stenops_, but it is unclear whether this species is synonymous with the type 
species _S. armatus_, whether it is a distinct species in the same genus, or 
whether it is a distinct genus (the type of _S. armatus_ has never been fully 
prepared).

_Triceratops_
most likely _T. horridus_

_Archaeopteryx_:
This is the Berlin specimen, so it is _A. lithographica_.

_Cathayornis_:
Can't help you there.

_Corythosaurus_:
_C. casuarius_

_Euparkeria_:
I forget.

_Herrerasaurus_:
_H. ischigualastensis_

_Ouranosaurus_
_O. nigeriensis_

_Sauropelta_:
_S. edwardsorum_

_Tyrannosaurus_:
presumably _T. rex_

A good, easy to read (if slightly out of date) reference for dinosaur species 
names is George Olshevsky's list at Yak's Corner:

http://www.yakscorner.com/new/big/dinolist.html

Best,
Nick Pharris