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Re: Triceratops questions

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Subject: Re: Triceratops questions
From: Jordan Mallon <jordan.mallon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:36:39 -0500
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On 11/24/05, Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In her 1996 study of the genus _Triceratops_, Cathy Forster recognized only
> two valid species: _T. horridus_ and _T. prorsus_.  She also regarded
> _Diceratops hatcheri_ as a valid genus and species.

I think T. calicornis was synonymized with T. horridus long before
Cathy Forster's work.  Ostrom and Wellnhofer synonymized all
Triceratops species with T. horridus in:

Ostrom, J. H., and P. Wellnhofer.  1986.  The Munich specimen of
Triceratops with a revision of the genus.  Zitteliana 14: 111 - 158.

They may have been synonymized even before then, but I don't have any
of the relevant references on hand.

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Jordan Mallon

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