> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Bruce Woollatt
>
> Hi all;
>
> In reading the list of specimens examined for this paper I
> noted the use of the name Albertosaurus libratus instead of
> Gorgosaurus libratus? Can I assume that the question of
> synonymy is still unresolved? Has something since Currie's
> 2003 splitsville paper on Alberta tyrannosaurs been published
> disputing his findings, or is this just lingering lumpishness?
>
> Any comments or clarifications are welcome.
>
No, you cannot assume the question is resolved! In fact, these things don't
"get resolved" as such.
"Lumping" vs. "Splitting" per se do not have right or wrong answers; they
are merely different philosophical approaches to dividing up the natural
diversity into categories.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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