Re: New Sauropod

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

"Jerry D. Harris" reported:
> 
> Buffetaut, E. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from
> the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Geologique de
> France 176(5):467-473.
> 
> ABSTRACT: A dentary bone containing several teeth, from the Middle Jurassic
> (Bathonian)...

If only the dentary of Rhoetosaurus was known - it would be interesting
to see whether Australian dino-fauna had any similarities to their
'close' (geographically speaking) relatives in Madagascar in the
mid-Jurassic.

Certainly by the EK, Australian dinosaur diversity appears more like
that of Asia than India or South America. Of course, the word
'diversity' should probably never be used in the same sentence as
'dinosaur' and 'Australia", as far as fossil finds go. :)

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