Talk:Palaeosaurus

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remowed the dino-stub template because i could not find any recent source supporting it is a dinosaur. Especially when it comes from the permian. Why was it included to the List of Dinosaurs?? --Dudo2 17:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Top job. Talk about confusion, eh? Dudo2, it was included in the list of dinosaurs because according to this excellent article, at least some of the remains belong to a dinosaur, and it was classified as a dinosaur. --Gazzster 10:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taxonomy of Paleosaurus

This page needs a taxobox. Paleosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840 is the correct name for the reptile that was going to be named Palaeosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840. George Olshevsky (pers. comm., Apr. 26, 2000 [1]) demonstrated Palaeosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1836 to be a nomen nudum for Paleosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840. Palaeosauriscus Kuhn, 1959 is therefore a junior synonym of Paleosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840. Therefore, Palaeosaurus is a nomen nudum for Paleosaurus Riley & Stutchbury, 1840. The type species is Paleosaurus platyodon Riley & Stutchbury, 1840, with the other species being P. cylindrodon Riley & Stutchbury, 1840, P. stricklandi Davis, 1881.

Benton, MJ, L Juul, GW Storrs, & PM Galton (2000), Anatomy and systematics of the prosauropod dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus from the Upper Triassic of Southwest England. J. Vert. Paleontol. 20: 77-108.

Palaeosaurus Fitzinger, 1840 is actually a synonym of Sphenosaurus von Meyer, 1847 (George Olshevsky, pers. comm. Aug. 10, 2002, http://dml.cmnh.org/2002Aug/msg00273.html). The taxonomic history of Sphenosaurus is shown here:

Sphenosaurus von Meyer, 1847*

   = Palaeosaurus Fitzinger, 1840/Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833

S. sternbergii (Fitzinger, 1840) von Meyer, 1847

   = Palaeosaurus sternbergii Fitzinger, 1840
   = Palaeosauriscus sternbergii (Fitzinger, 1840) Olshevsky, 1991
   = Paleosaurus sternbergii (Fitzinger, 1840) Olshevsky, 2000
   = Sclerosaurus sternbergii (Fitzinger, 1840) von Huene, 1902

Is Palaeosaurus fraserianus a dinosaur or a phytosaur?

For the reasons given above, update the Paleosaurus page immediately. 72.194.116.63 20:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian. 12.25. 19 February 2007