Re: Abelisaur & Titanosaur migratory routes

["Nicholas J. Pharris" <pharrinj@PLU.edu>]

On Tue, 23 Jan 1996 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> 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.
>

I support the separate family for _Minmi_ and possibly the other Gondwana 
ankylos, if more remains turn up, but I was wondering about the 
possibility that _Minmi_ might be a polacanthid.  It certainly shows the 
laterally-directed, triangular caudal plates.

Thanx. 

Nick Pharris
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447
(206)535-8204
PharriNJ@PLU.edu

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