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Why not Dynamosaurus?

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Why not Dynamosaurus?
From: jimf@vangelis.ncrmicro.ncr.com (Jim Foley)
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 14:13:57 -0400
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I've read that Barnum Brown named the first T. rex skeleton that he dug
up "Dynamosaurus".  Why doesn't this name have priority over T. rex,
like Apatosaurus did over Brontosaurus?

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Jim Foley                             Symbios Logic, Fort Collins
Jim.Foley@symbios.com                        (303) 223-5100 x9765

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