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Labocania
John Fredriksen wrote:
>
> Back in the mid-1970s I read somewhere that an expedition to Baja,
> Mexico, discovered a giant (and apparently late-surviving) megalosaur
> from the Creteaceous beds there. It was christened Labocania. A huge
> hadrosaur, with a wide, marine-type tail, was also uncovered. Has
> anybody followed up on these interesting discoveries?
>
Matt Lamanna and I are currently writing up a redescription and
interpretation of _Labocania_ based on the type material in Mexico which
we examined last September. Don't hold your breaths for anything
wonderful; the type specimen is rather a piece of junk...
We could actually only identify the maxilla because there was a
tooth crown sticking out of it. Without that crown, personally, I would
have as easily thought the piece a scapula. I know that sounds weird, but
you have to see it to believe it. We will have a website up soon and will
show some pictures of the beast if there is an interest in that.
The things people get away with naming in this field...
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