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Re: Metriacanthosaurus
In a message dated 98-03-02 11:14:59 EST, martz@holly.ColoState.EDU writes:
<< I haven't seen the sculpture, but I would assume it is actually
_Yangchuanosaurus_, based on Greg Paul's sinking of it into
_Metriacanthosaurus_ in PDW. Remember the embryo freezer's in Jurassic
Park? I'm willing to bet they used _Metriacantosaurus_ there for the same
reason. >>
You're probably right. But they should call it _Yangchuanosaurus_, since we
really have no idea whether the Chinese genus and the British
_Metriacanthosaurus_ look alike. Just because they have a couple of similar
vertebrae doesn't mean the rest of their skeletons are.