Re: Abelisaur & Titanosaur migratory routes

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-23 01:04:33 EST, dino@revelation.unomaha.edu (John
Schneiderman) writes:

>1) When did Africa & South America become completely seperated?

Best guess is Early to mid-Cretaceous

>2) Is Titanosaurus falloti Hoffet, 1942 really a titanosaur or is it 
>something else?

It is supposed to be a titanosaurid, but does not belong to the genus
_Titanosaurus_. New material has been found by the French. Stay tuned.

>3) Dravidosaurus blanfordi was recently determined to be a plesiosaur.
>What is the status of Brachypodosaurus gravis & Lametasaurus indicus (the
>non-theropod parts)? 

Both seem to be ankylosaurs of some kind, especially _Lametasaurus_. But I
would classify them only as Ankylosauria _incertae sedis_ because the known
material is so poor. Being Gondwana ankylosaurs may make them most closely
related to the Australian _Minmi_, which most definitely is neither an
ankylosaurid, polacanthid, nor nodosaurid.