RE: Info on some less well known taxa

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

> 1) what's the state of 'Anikososaurus and A.dawini"
> (Martinez and Novas, n nuda). I saw this name several
> times on the net, maybe even in print ( though I'm not
> sure).  has it been officially named yet?

Nope.  Still a nomen nudum.  In general, nomina nuda are a real nuisance, 
since they are often mistaken for real genera and species and generate 
unneeded confusion as a result.

> 2) Heilongjiangosaurus and H. jiayinensis (Li and Jin,
> 2001), same as above. is it a nomina nuda?

Still a nomen nudum.  May be the the same as the hadrosaur named 
_Charonosaurus jiayinensis_.  That's the problem with nomina nuda - as they 
are not attached to any specimens, often we can't be sure what specimen(s) 
the author had in mind when he/she coined the name.

> 4) Luticosaurus and L....... (Le Loeuff)? Does anyone
> know the species name and the reference for the "type'
> paper?

This is a misspelling of _Iuticosaurus_, a new genus name given by LeLoeuff 
(1993) for the Wealden sauropod _Titanosaurus valdensis_.  Named after the 
Jutes, a Germanic tribe that reached England.  _Iuticosaurus valdensis_ is 
probably a nomen dubium, since the type material does not appear to be 
diagnostic at the species level.

> 5) Does anyone know the reference for Huaxiasaurus Rey 2002 ?

"Huaxiasaurus" is another nomen nudum - though at least we can be fairly 
sure that this is the same theropod that was subsequently described under 
the name of _Huaxiagnathus_.

> 6) who named amphicoelias in 1877?

E.D. Cope.

> 9) Hunwulosaurus (nomina nuda) popped up on the net
> several months ago. Has it been published yet, or
> under a different name?

Another wretched nomen nudum, AFAIK.

> 10) does anyone have information on Limaysaurus?
> (Describer, location, material and the citation). is
> it nomina nuda?

"Limaysaurus" was a proposed new genus name for the South American 
_Rebbachisaurus tessonei_.  AFAIK, it's still called _Rebbachisaurus 
tessonei_, even though it may not belong in the same genus as the type, _R. 
garasbae_ from Morocco.

> 11) any info on "Luanpingosaurus jinghanensis"?
>
> 12) any info on "Nurosaurus qaganensis"?

Both nomina nuda.

> 13) what are the citations for papers where these taxa
> were named: Stygivenator,

Grrrr.... don't get me started on that genus.

> Paralititan?

Smith et al. (2001) Science 292: 1704-1706.