Talk:Rhynchosaur

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"In 1902 the city of Santa Maria, located in the geopark of paleorrota, Jango Fischer collected what would be the first terrestrial reptile fossil in South America, a rhynchosaur baptized by Arthur Smith Woodward with the name of Scaphonyx fischeri, the generic name given in reference to nail trenching and specific characteristic, in homage to Jango Fischer, the discoverer of the remains."

I am not quite sure what this is getting at, as there were terrestrial reptile fossils found in South America before Scaphonyx (Loncosaurus and Genyodectes both predate 1902). It cannot also have been the first named fossil reptile from South America. Is it the oldest fossil reptile from South America (I don't know much about the Paleozoic of South America)? Also, I think this may make more sense in the Hyperodapedon article (modern synonym of Scaphonyx). J. Spencer (talk) 00:31, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, rhynchosaur was the first fossil of dinosaur collected in South America had other fossil collected before, but were not dinosaurs.Sergio Kaminski (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 16:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC).


 * But rhynchosaurs aren't dinosaurs, and the two dinosaurian examples I cited both predate the 1902 date for Scaphonyx fischeri... J. Spencer (talk) 23:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

You're right, the rhynchosaurs was not a dinosaur. I never knew it existed these other fossils. It is possible because the older paleontologists of South America, or are from Argentina or Brazil. I will rewrite the text. Sergio Kaminski (talk) 20:03, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation
It would help if this article had a pronunciation key. Is it rine-ko-saur, rinn-ko-saur, or rinn-cho-saur? 96.244.202.19 (talk) 05:41, 15 April 2024 (UTC)