Talk:Euskelosaurus

Family?
A book I have here says Euskelosaurus is a melanorosaurid, whilst the article says plateosaurid. What gives? Abyssal leviathin 21:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that was a typo in the hardcover edition of the first "Dinosauria"J. Spencer 17:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Those two families are also very closely related. Some people have merged the families in the past, and I wouldn't be surprised if different species were switched back and forth between these families at various times by various people.Dinoguy2 22:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Re-assessment of Euskelosaurus
Euskelosaurus is actually undiagnostic, and therefore a nomen dubium, making Plateosauravus a distinct genus based on good material (Yates, 2003, 2006; Yates and Kitching, 2003). Only two species of Euskelosaurus are recognized: Euskelosaurus browni and E. africanus. Originally referred to this genus but now considered to be valid or nomina dubia are Eucnemesaurus van Hoepen, 1924, Orosaurus Huxley, 1866 (Orinosaurus Lydekker, 1889 is a synonym), Gigantoscelus van Hoepen, 1916, and Plateosaurus stormbergensis Broom, 1915.

Yates, A.M. 2003. A new species of the primitive dinosaur Thecodontosaurus (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for the systematics of early dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(1):1-42

Yates, A.M. 2006. Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton. Historical Biology, iFirst article, 1-30.

Yates, A.M., and Kitching, J.W. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1525):1753-1758. 72.194.116.63 16:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 09.12 11 April 2007