Re: Mamenchisaurus

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/00 3:16:40 PM EST, sauropod@ou.edu writes:

<< Two questions regarding Mamenchisaurus.
 
 First, is it M. hochuanensis or M. hochuanesis?  I have seen it both
 ways.>>

hochuanensis
 
<< Second, does anyone have the specimen number of the M. hochuane[n]sis
 holotype handy?  This is the specimen figured in Young and Chao (1972).
 I can't find that darn specimen number anywhere! >>

>From Tracy Ford's compilation:

Holotype: GCC V 20401

Locality: Taiping, Hechuan, Region of Hochuan Xian, Sichuan Province, China.

Horizon: Shangshaximiao Formation, Oxfordian, Early Late Jurassic.

Material: 19 cervical vertebrae, dorsal sacral and caudal vertebrae, cervical 
ribs, ilium, ischium and part of pubis,  tibiae, fibulae. distal end of right 
femur, astragalus and part of the metatarsals and phalanges, broken pieces of 
sternum, proximal end of right humerus.