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Re: STRANGE THEROPOD SKULLS
<<< |..Labrosaurus >>>
<This is generally regarded as a synonym of _Allosaurus_. The type
specimen is a partially crushed and plastered up dentary with what
appears to be some kind of pathology at the front end (as if the front
end had been bitten off). The teeth strongly resemble those of
_Allosaurus_, and it might even belong to the well-known _Allosaurus_
skeleton that's mounted at the Smithsonian, which is from the same
quarry and is mounted with a mandible from a different and somewhat
larger individual.>
I pratically agree. Being parsimonious about it. But Labro is generally
listed as junior to *A. fragilis*. I believe there is more similarity
with *A. atrox*, who does appear separate at the species level from *A.
fragilis*.
Jaime A. Headden
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