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RE: Quick Question

To: "'dachande '" <dachande@west.com.br>
Subject: RE: Quick Question
From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:57:16 -0600
Cc: "'dinosaur@usc.edu'" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
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dachande wrote:

> Could anyone tell me the generic name of liopleurodon? 

_Liopleurodon_.  

> Sorry to for the
> ridiculous questions I`ve been asking lately, but unfortunatly my paleo
> library is limited to dino stuff only so Im having trouble with non dino
> stuff  

If you were referring to the species of _Liopleurodon_, these are:
_Liopleurodon ferox_ Sauvage, 1873 (type)
_L. macromerus_ (Phillips, 1871)
_L. pachydeirus_ (Seeley, 1869)
_L. rossicus_ (Novozhilov, 1948) 

Alas, I know nothing about the respective validity of each of these species.

Tim

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Iowa State University 
Ames IA 50014 

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