Talk:Pleurocoelus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is supported by WikiProject Dinosaurs, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of dinosaurs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page for more information.

[edit] Synonymy of Pleurocoelus with Astrodon

Carpenter and Tidsell (2005) concluded that only one species of sauropod is present in Arundel Formation, Maryland, for which the correct name is Astrodon johnstoni Leidy, 1865. Therefore, Pleurocoelus is synonymous with Astrodon.

Carpenter, Kenneth and Tidswell, Virginia, 2005. Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Astrodon johnsoni Leidy 1865 (Titanosauriformes), Carpenter, Kenneth and Tidswell, Virginia (ed.) Thunder Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, 38–77.