Talk:Suchomimus

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[edit] Classification

I think the last line in this paragraph is trying to raise the idea that suchomimus may be a species of baryonyx? but not doing it very succesfully. The person who wrote it has gotten confused :) 'Suchomimus has been placed among the spinosaurs, a group of predators. Apart from the back ridge, Suchomimus was very similar to Baryonyx which also had strong forelimbs and a huge sickle-curved claw on its "thumb". And, as with Baryonyx, the claw was the first fossil part to be noticed by palaeontologists. Suchomimus was considerably larger than Baryonyx, but a few paleontologists have suggested that the latter might almost have been a juvenile of the former.' Steveoc 86 17:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't have the paper(s) that synonymized the two, so maybe somebody with more info can re-write this. Dinoguy2 18:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The baryonyx artical says this and has a source

'It has recently been suggested (Hutt, 2004) that Suchomimus tenerensis should be redefined as Baryonyx tenerensis due to similarities in their vertebrae.' Steve Hutt and Penny Newbery. "A new look at Baryonyx walkeri (Charig and Milner, 1986) based upon a recent fossil find from the Wealden" (2004), from the Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. Steveoc 86 22:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I had heard that the two are pretty much indistinguishable in every feature except geography, but maybe that hyperbole and/or unpublished. Dinoguy2 22:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

From a veriety of pics and photos of whats known, including the suchomimus paper, I'd say their definatly different speices, suchomimus' skull is longer and narrower. The tip of the snoat is more rounded in suchomimus. The spines on the vertebra are taller in suchomimus. Whether they are different genus, i don't know? maybe the artical should be changed to match what it says in the baryonyx artical, it is true that some one suggested they are the same species? Steveoc 86 11:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC)