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Re: Dinosaur Genera List update #186
> Palaeosauriscus, of course, is Kuhn, 1959's replacement name for the
> preoccupied Palaeosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1836. As noted in Dinosaur
> Genera List corrections #139, this name change was unnecessary (see
Benton,
> Juul, Storrs
> & Galton, 2000), because the name Paleosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840 is
not
> preoccupied and is available to replace Palaeosaurus Riley & Stutchbury,
> 1836. (Spelling is important here.) Paleosaurus is not the same genus as
> Palaeosaurus Fitzinger, 1840.
Are you sure *Paleosaurus* isn't just a misspelling?