Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-98.245.150.126-20151018184224/@comment-6025261-20151018190619

Mjamnnella wrote: Some of those dinosaurs are actually the same dinosaur. Dracorex, Stygimoloch tygimoloch, and Pachycelphalosaurus are all the same dinosaur. Same withTorosaurus and Triceratops. On the bright side though, you can use Brontosaurus! Torosaurus  is not the same as Triceratops. A study by Nicholas Longrich and Daniel Field analyzed 35 specimens of both Triceratops and Torosaurus. The authors concluded that Triceratops individuals too old to be considered immature forms are represented in the fossil record, as are Torosaurus individuals too young to be considered fully mature adults. The synonymy of Triceratops and Torosaurus cannot be supported, they said, without more convincing intermediate forms than Scannella and Horner initially produced.