Re: Quetzalcoatlus

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In a message dated 5/1/00 4:29:04 PM EST, tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:

<< Was it a description of Q. sp. or of Q. northropi? I know some older
 genera (e.g. _Pterodactylus_) were validly described without any type
 species, but this hasn't been permissible for a while has it? >>

It has been a long time since I read those followup letters in Science, but 
the feeling I got from the pterosaur community then was that these didn't 
constitute enough of a description to validate Q. northropi. I'd have to 
reread them in light of my experience over the succeeding 25 years to see 
whether they're indeed sufficient.