RE: Spinostropheus gautieri identified as an ... alvare.. wait a second!

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Tim Williams (twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com) wrote:

<Interestingly, Fig. 2 in Sereno et al. (2004), of a skeletal
reconstruction of _S. gautieri_, does not actually show the caudals;
cervicals, dorsals and the fragmentary sacrals are shown, as is the
proximal humerus.  This humerus fragment must have come from the holotype
(or lectotype, I guess it should be called).  I would not read too much
into this, but it is worth noting.  I wouldn't be surprised if Lapparent's
original "type" specimen for _E. gautieri_ was a chimera.>

  That figure only illustrates the refered specimen. The caudal of de
Lapparent is a dorsal ... and fills in the gap in the unknown dorsal
centra, at least what is illustrated.

  Cheers,

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Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making leaps 
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We should all 
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


        
                
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