Re: Shuvosaurus

["Rob Gay" <rob_redwing@hotmail.com>]

> _Shuvosaurus_ may even be the same genus as _Gojirasaurus_.<
Very interesting...

> However, the skull of _Gojirasaurus_ is unknown, so maybe any teeth
> associated with the postcranial remains belong to another animal -  like a
> scavenger that happened by the carcass.<
Are the associated teeth coelophysoid though?

> But, the type material for _Shuvosaurus_ may be juvenile,<
I don't remember Chatterjee mentioning a lack of fusion, but I'll re-read
the original paper (has anything else been published between then and this
recent thesis dealing with this animal?).

> and a premaxilla from a much larger _Shuvosaurus_ has been reported from
> the same quarry that yielded _Gojirasaurus_<
That seems like a fairly distinctive element. How much larger? (Apparently
large enough to say it may be _Gojirasaurus_). What about the other elements
assigned to _Gojirasaurus_? Do they match up to the same elements in
_Shuvosaurus_?
If this is the case, and the two are congeneric, which name would have
priority (since I don't have the dates for either at hand).
Peace,
Rob

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