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Re: Spinosaurus questions and the presence of air=.

To: mightyodinn@yahoo.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Spinosaurus questions and the presence of air=.
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 16:59:02 EDT
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

In a message dated 5/30/03 3:30:38 PM EST, mightyodinn@yahoo.com writes:

<< Is it possible to erect a genus without naming a type species? Or, I should
 say, was it legitimate at that time?
 
 If not, it seems to me that Altispinax is really nothing more than a nomen
 nudum, and the proper name for the vertebrae is _Becklespinax altispinax_. >>

You are correct. What Huene did was rename Megalosaurus dunkeri based on an 
incorrectly referred specimen. Happens with some frequency in taxonomy.

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