Re: Kammsaurier

["Berislav Krzic" <veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net>]

>>>As a German, I feel for once competent to say something about this:
Indeed "kamm" means "comb" or "ridge". However, I am quite sure that
Kammsaurier does NOT refer to Lambeosarids, but rather to Pelycosaurs like
Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus.

                   Dr. Martin Baeker
                   Institut fuer Werkstoffe
                   Langer Kamp 8
                   38106 Braunschweig
                   Germany

At last a word form the German on the issue.

However, in the German literature I have Pelycosaurs are referred to as  -
die Pelycosaurier oder _Segelrückenechen_ (SEGEL - sail on their back) waren
langrumpfige Synapsiden. On the other hand hadroasurs - lambeosaurs:
Hadrosaurier - Unterfamilien Lambeosaurinae (Duck-bill dinosaurs =
Entenschnabel-Dinosaurier)  mit Knochenkämmen (KAMM) auf den Kopf ( with
bony crests on their heads).



Berislav Krzic
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