Re: Bernissart Igs (was: Iguanodontidae and Theropod Boredom)

["aspidel" <aspidel@infonie.be>]

ptnorton <ptnorton@msn.com> wrote:
To: <aspidel@infonie.be>; The Dinosaur Mailing List <dinosaur@usc.edu>

> David Norman referred _Iguanodon mantelli_ [Von Meyer 1832] to _I.
> atherfieldensis_ [Hooley, 1925] in:
>
> Norman, David B. (1986), On the anatomy of Iguanodon atherfieldensis
> (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda). Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg.: Sciences de
la
> Terre. 56, 281-372.
>
> He also says in that article that _I. mantelli_ is an objective junior
> synonym of the type species of the genus, _I. anglicus_ [Holl, 1829].

So, if I understand well, _I. atherfieldensis_ is a junior _I. anglicus_ for
D. Norman.
And, as Jaime wrote, _I. atherfieldensis_ , and then _I. anglicus_, may be a
regional variety of _I. bernissartensis_...
So, they are 2 regional varieties we got together in the same place (the
distribution era of one variety meet the other variety's one).

I'm not a specialist, I try to get clear ideas. Please tell me if I'm wrong.

Thanks in advance,
                               Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.

p.s. I'll probably go to Brussels to study the question, after my
_Paralititan_ artistic project.