Re: "Dynamosaurus" armor revealed

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Tim Donovan wrote:

> I once suggested onlist that
> someone relocate the AMNH 5895 quarry to find out.

That seems like unnecessary work: It's very difficult to relocate an entire 
quarry.  Let's leave it where it is for now.

;-)

> "Dynamosaurus imperiosus" (aka Tyrannosaurus rex) are now illustrated (Fig. 
> 20), and identified as those of Ankylosaurus magniventris
>
>   Could they be stomach contents?

I wondered that too (and I remembered an old Far Side cartoon describing 
ankylosaurs as roughage).  I might be wrong, but I think the dermal plates 
were associated with the ribs of _Dynamosaurus_.  However, the 
_Dynamosaurus_ specimen is very incomplete and disarticulated, and was found 
jumbled in the matrix with ceratopsian and hadrosaur material as well.




Tim

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