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Re: Podokesauridae, Problems of Nomenclature Returned

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Subject: Re: Podokesauridae, Problems of Nomenclature Returned
From: "Mickey_Mortimer11" <Mickey_Mortimer11@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:02:50 -0800
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Jaime A. Headden wrote-

>   Actually, Colbert showed several plots of limbs that indicated the
> material was either paedomorphic or juvenile. It logs as a small
> *Coelophysis*.

So does Procompsognathus, so limb element length plots won't go far in
showing Podokesaurus is a Coelophysis individual.
Ratios compared to femoral length
Podokesaurus- femur (86 mm), tibia 121, metatarsus 76
Procompsognathus- femur (92.5 mm), tibia 121, metatarsus 75

Mickey Mortimer

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- Re: Podokesauridae, Problems of Nomenclature Returned
  - From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>

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