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Re: New Mex. "_Aublysodon_"



In a message dated 96-01-14 02:39:45 EST, pharrinj@PLU.edu writes:

>Now that the genus _Aublysodon_ has been pretty much discarded, where 
>does the New Mexico "_Aublysodon_" fit?  This animal was described in the 
>_Journal of Paleontology_, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1026-1032, by Thomas 
>Lehman and Kenneth Carpenter, and assigned to "_Aublysodon_, cf. _A. 
>mirandus_."  Does this one belong in _Stygivenator_?  If so, in what 
>species, as _mirandus_ was abandoned along with _Aublysodon_?
>
>

This fellow probably needs a new genus. It's the biggest known
shanshanosaurine, by the way, and it has other shanshanosaurine features
besides the teeth.