Re: ORNITHODESMUS & STEGOSAURS

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Darren Naish wrote:

> Tsk tsk Tim, you clearly haven't read...
>
> Naish, D. & Martill, D. M. 2001. Armoured dinosaurs: thyreophorans. In 
> Martill, D. M. & Naish, D. (eds)
> _Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight_. The Palaeontological Association 
> (London), pp. 147-184.

I hanged my head in shame after reading your correction.  I checked my 
well-thumbed copy of _Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight_ and, yep, there it is: 
a nice and concise summary of Wealden stegosaur material.  I am a silly 
monkey.

Anyway, a kind soul informed me that the following paper may mention the 
_Leedischthys_ material that was previously put in _Lexovisaurus_.  I've not 
read it (and thus cannot verify its content), but here it is:

Martill, D. M. (1988). _Leedsichthys problematicus_, a giant filter-feeding 
teleost from the Jurassic of England and France.  Neues Jahrbuch für 
Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, heft 11: 670-680.

As yet, I've heard conflicting opinions about where the material in question 
was (1) one or more elements, and (2) a gill raker or an armor plate.





Tim

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