Re: Euoplo

[Robert.J.Meyerson@uwrf.edu (Rob Meyerson)]

>On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Rob Meyerson wrote:
>
>> As an additional question, what is the status of _Ankylosaurus_ within=
 this=20
>> group?  Is it still a questionable genus?
>
>I wasn't aware that it ever was!  Anyway, as the first named,=20
>_Ankylosaurus_ has priority over all other names.  It looks to me like=20
>we've got pretty good material of _Ankylosaurus magniventris_, certainly=20
>enough to show that it was closely related to _Euoplocephalus_ and=20
>_Talarurus_ (sorry, George), and that it was the largest and latest of=20
>the ankylosaurs (as I recall).

I remember reading in one of my childhood books on dinosaurs (one of the=
 more informative ones, at that), that some scientists put Ankylo and Euplo=
 in the same genus.  For some reason, the author suggested that Euplo was=
 the dominant name.  I am beginning to suspect drug use by the author.

>"If you can't convince them, confuse them." -- Harry S. Truman

The path I usually take.

Rob

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