Re: Long-necked stegosaur coming out in Proceedings B

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Isn't that where the original reconstructions of _Kentrosaurus_ put the 
> spines - on the hips, not the shoulders?

Yes.

> So _Kentrosaurus_ had paired spines on the hips, and 'Gigantspinosaurus' 
> had them on the shoulders?

Apparently.

> BTW, isn't the name 'Gigantspinosaurus' a valid genus?  I had thought the 
> original description (by Ouyang) is considered to be valid, including by 
> Susannah Maidment's recent stegosaur papers.

No idea, I haven't read most of the relevant papers.

> Of course, if 'Gigantspinosaurus' is NOT a nomenclaturally valid genus 
> (i.e., a nomen nudum), then it provides an opportunity to spell the name 
> correctly - e.g., as you say, 'Gigantospinosaurus'.

Yes.