Re: Labrosaurus (was RE: birds and dinosaurs)

[Mickey Mortimer <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>]

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr wrote-

> > There are named "species" that do appear to be based on
> > pathological individuals
> > of other species, if that's what you mean.  _Labrosaurus ferox_
> > is one example
> > (it's probably a deformed _Allosaurus fragilis_).
>
> In fact, it is almost certainly part of the paratype specimen of _A.
> fragilis_!!  (Found in the same quarry, same horizon, is a non-overlapping
> element with the specimen, is the right size for the specimen, and that
> individual has numerous pathologies running along the left side of the
> body).

Just which specimen of Allosaurus fragilis is the paratype?  YMP 1930 is the
holotype, USNM 4734 is the topotype, and DINO 2560 (=UUVP 6000) is the
unecessary neotype...

Mickey Mortimer
Undergraduate, Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
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