Wednesday, December 09, 2015

The Giving of December. Compsosuchus

Compsosuchus is considered to be a very dubious genus of dinosaur,‭ ‬not only due to the incomplete remains but the fact that Charles Alfred Matley and Friedrich von Huene also named two other dinosaurs,‭ ‬Indosaurus and Indosuchus that combined with Compsosuchus may actually represent the same genus.‭ ‬Compsosuchus has been considered to be a noasaur theropod,‭ ‬but if it is indeed the same as the previous two mentioned genera,‭ ‬the remains would represent an abelisaur,‭ ‬a theropod group derived from the noasaurs.

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