Re: cymbospondylus

[Thomas de Wilde <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>]

Thanks everyone for the reactions so far.

But it seems I have forgotten to ask something (stupid me!)
Does anyone know (or have a reference on) the diagnostic features or the
differences in C.petrinus and C.buchseri?

Thanks
Thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas de Wilde" <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: cymbospondylus


> thanks everyone who helped my wih platy. Am I correct to assume that the
> european is the type species (by the way nobody has date and author for
> platydactylus)?
>
> anyway I go on with Cymbospondylus
>
> species (I really haven't got a clue what the names mean this time):
>
> C.petrinus (type) Leidy, 1868
> C.asiaticus Li & You, 2002
> C.buchseri, Sander,1989
> C.germanicus (nomen dubium?), von Huene, 1916
> C.natans (nomen dubium?) Leidy, 1868
>
> fossil sites:
>
> Germany
> Switserland
>      Monte San Giorgio
> US
>     Nevada
>     Idaho
> China
>        Falang formation in Guanling, Gizhou
>
> remains:
>
> skulls and (there has to be more material, but I couldn't find it for now,
> help welcome)
>
> unnamed species:
>
> C.sp. (nomen dubium) from Idaho don't know if it has been named or
> synonymized yet
>
> Missasigned species:
>
> C.grandis ?= C.petrinus
> C.nevadanus ?= C.petrinus
> C.parvus ?= C.petrinus
> C.piscosus ?= C.petrinus
>
> Other names:
>
> Blezingeria ichthyospondyla
>     ?= C.germanicus (not sure at all about this)
> Shastasaurus sp.
>     =C.sp.
>
> hope you can help me solve some mysteries
> thanks already
>
> ________________________
> Thomas
>
>