Re: Lagosuchus/Marasuchus

["Fam Jansma" <fam.jansma@worldonline.nl>]

You wrote:


>Could anyone advise me on the _Lagosuchus_/_Marasuchus _ situation, and
>the etymology of _Marasuchus_?
>
Lagosuchus=Marasuchus, although Sereno renamed the original type specimen
because it was supposedly lacking diagnostic characters. Partly due to the
bad condition the material is in. It is not that they are seperate genera of
some sorts. When the type material of Lagosuchus was found, it was in a very
bad state, a few years later there was another skeleton found of Lagosuchus
which is the one HP G.S. Paul used for his reconstruction, and this one was
in a more complete state. After studying both specimens, HP Paul Sereno came
to the above conclusion.
Marasuchus' etymology has probably come from the general area it was found
in, but I'll have to check.
>
>Would I be wrong to include _Lagosuchus_ in popular work with pictures
>(I suppose) based on _Marasuchus_?

>
No, that would be correct

Rutger Jansma