Re: Apatosaurus vs. Brontosaurus

[Danvarner@aol.com]

WilsonY@CarnegieMNH.Org (Wilson, Yvonne) writes: 

    << Holland and Douglass originally had it right and thought the
proper skull went on Apatosaurus.  They however, did not want to oppose
Marsh (not sure who made that decision) and left the mounted skeleton
headless for about 20 years until Holland was no longer director of the
museum. >>

       It wasn't Marsh Holland was worried about, he was dead and in the 
wrong paleo political party anyway. It was Henry Fairfield Osborn (pronouced 
"Osburn") at the American Museum of Natural History who essentially defied 
Holland 
to attach the Diplodocus-like skull. I've seen copies of some of the 
correspondence and it's quite interesting. Osborn had all the clout and a 
brontosaur 
with quasi-camarosaur skull already on display at the AMNH. Holland backed 
down. 
Politics. DV