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Pachyrhinosaurus split into three genera
Topic Started: Apr 1 2017, 01:15 PM (549 Views)
TheNotFakeDK
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In a sweeping piece of potential taxonomic heresy, a group of researchers have went ahead and split the three Pachyrhinosaurus species into three genera, Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, Wapiticeratops lakustai and Uminmaluk perotorum.

According to the, the way centrosaurine genera are currently separated would warrant that the individual species of Pachyrhinosaurus are distinct on the generic level. They suggest that the boss has been what's skewing people's opinions, and that anything with that kind of boss has just been arbitrarily placed in Pachyrhinosaurus because it's 'the centrosaur with a boss'. Surprising perhaps, but maybe not that unprecedented when you consider the way other centrosaurs are split.

I haven't been able to locate the full paper yet, but there's this abstract at least. I'll try and keep you posted for whenever the full paper becomes available
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magpiealamode
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Hum. I'm definitely interested. It's funny, reminds of a new study recently published placing the African Buffalo and Musk Ox into the same genus.
Edited by magpiealamode, Apr 1 2017, 04:10 PM.
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BossAggron
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This kinda seemed like it was obvious in hindsight.
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stargatedalek
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I'd rather lump the other derived ceratopsians, which lets be honest have been ludicrously over-split because no one in paleontology values species level identification.
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BossMan, Jake
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Apparently there's word going around that this is an April fools joke
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TheNotFakeDK
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BossMan, Jake
Apr 1 2017, 02:26 PM
Apparently there's word going around that this is an April fools joke
Pfff, nah, come on, this is totally legit. Who would possibly go to the bother to do something like that : ^)
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magpiealamode
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.

What's next, putting Styracosaurus and Centrosaurus together?
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HENDRIX
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Haha totally got me till I opened the link ;D
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Incinerox
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Now this.

This had me.
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babehunter1324
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The journal of centrosaurology should have been telling enough... But not really :/
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