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Re: A Thought About *Jurapteryx*



Jaime A. Headden wrote-

> Apparently, one could apply a different
> ecology to juveniles than to adults, but I'm sure no one has
> ever suggested that juvenile *Gorgosaurus* are suddenly a new,
> distinct species from adult *Gorgosaurus*.

You'd be incorrect then.  Ever heard of Gorgosaurus sternbergi (Matthew and
Brown, 1923)?  Based on AMNH 5664, a juvenile G. libratus, and separated
from the latter species based on elongate hindlimbs and different dental
morphology.

Mickey Mortimer