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Re: Synonyms of Eotyrannus
In a message dated 4/2/02 8:43:40 PM EST, qilongia@yahoo.com writes:
<< Kelly, J. 1998. Is this man our Indiana Jones? _The Daily Mail_
(newspaper), dated 10-7-1998.
Published were both _Gavinosaurus_ and _Lengosaurus_, in response to the
discoverer, Gavin Leng (honored with the specific epithet of *E. lengi*).
What nasty outcomings for short-sightedness. These are effectively nomina
nuda and subjective junior synonyms of *Eotyrannus* and completely,
utterly useless to science. >>
But these >are< properly included as published dinosaur names in the Dinosaur
Genera List, wayward though they may be. Thanks for the citation; I'd have
missed these for sure.