Re: Lumping Spinosauridae Redux

[Jordan Mallon <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>

> That reminds me... Oliver Rauhut raised the specter that the type material 
> for _Spinosaurus aegyptiacus_ might be a chimera, with the jaw material and 
> vertebrae coming from separate animals.  If this is the case, which element 
> will bear the name _Spinosaurus_?

> From what I remember reading, I >think< he suggested only the portion of 
dentary be referred to as _Spinosaurus_.  I'd have to double-check, though.  
If only I could get my hands on my own copy of the darned thing...

Jordan Mallon

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Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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