New paper: pneumatic dorsal ribs in Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus
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New paper out today with Logan King, Julia McHugh, and Brian Curtice, on
pneumatic ribs in Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus (King et al. 2024). This one
had an...
3 weeks ago
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Are they two animals bearing a pair of lateral processes on their heads?
The vertebrate seems a juvenile procolophonid, am I right?
Hemm... "an owenettid" may be a better answer.
Saurodectes is both an insect and an owenettid!!!!! "Saurodectes" is another "invertebrate" name that kills a fossil reptile name (after Rahona, Ingenia, Nemegtia, Mononichus...) ? The owenettid on the left must change its name?
I apologise for writing 3 comments...
Wow that was quick! Yes you are correct, both were named Saurodectes.
For those naming new animal taxa, the website Nomenclator Zoologicus is indispensable for finding pre-occupied names.
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