Th GARBANII

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In a message dated 97-12-03 03:53:58 EST, Dinogeorge@AOL.COM writes:

<< Unfortunately, I don't have my copy of the paper handy, but as I recall
 Galton only suggested that T. garbanii might be Bugenasaura infernalis and
 didn't formally refer it to that species. If the referral were formalized,
 this would result in a renaming of the species to Bugenasaura garbanii.
 Someone might be able to check this...
  >>

Galton didn't synonymise the two for two reasons.  First, is that there is
substantial skeleton for Bu missing, and it is just plain improper to asign a
head to an animal only known from a leg.  Secondly, and most importantly,
Galton notes that Th garbanii could very well belong to Stygimoloch spinifer
which is also the right size and legless.

Peter Buchholz
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