Talk:Atlantosaurus
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[edit] Taxonomy of Atlantosaurus
This page requires a Taxobox. Atlantosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) [originally "Titanosaurus"] is the type (and only) species. This animal is a diplodocid sauropod dinosaur, and was originally named "Titanosaurus" before its discoverer changed it to Atlantosaurus to note that Titanosaurus was already used for a titanosaur (Titanosaurus Lydekker, 1877). Since Atlantosaurus is a monotypic yet dubious genus, given the information above, it is not chimeric and should be removed from the category "Invalid dinosaurs". 72.194.116.63 00:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 16.25 28 March 2007
- You're right--this is a nomen dubium, not a JSS of either of the genera listed in the article. I'll fix it up a bit. Dinoguy2 02:15, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
