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Re: New Hadrosauroids from China



Nicholas Gardner wrote:

    `--+--+--Iguanodon atherfieldensis
       |  `--+--Iguanodon bernissartensis
       |     `--Ouranosaurus

So _Iguanodon_ is paraphyletic, huh? I wonder what would happen if you threw _I. fittoni_ and _I. dawsoni_ into the mix...


On a nomenclatural note, if _I. atherfieldensis_ ceases to be congeneric with _I. bernissartensis_, then _Heterosaurus_ and _Vectisaurus_ are possible available names for this "new" genus - since _Heterosaurus neocomiensis_ Cornuel, 1850 and _Vectisaurus valdensis_ Hulke, 1879 have been considered synonymous with _I. atherfieldensis_ Hooley, 1924. To play by the rules, the species names of both genera should have priority over _atherfieldensis_, since they were named earlier. However, I understand that both _H. neocomiensis_ and _V. valdensis_ might well be nomina dubia, meaning that they cannot be regarded as synonyms of _I. atherfieldensis_. Thus, a new genus name would have to be found for _I. atherfieldensis_, should the genus _Iguandodon_ be shown to be paraphyletic.



Tim

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