Talk:Amygdalodon

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"Amygdalodon was discovered by Cabrera in Argentina in 1947." -- Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)?? -- Writtenonsand 00:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-odon does not take stress in English, because the o is short in Greek and therefore unstressed in Latin. I just checked the OED, and all 30 words like coryphodon are stressed on the antepenult. kwami (talk) 22:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The nomen dubium status of Amygdalodon is based on Upchurch et. al. (2004). However, Rauhut (2003) and Carballido and Pol (2010) find Amygdalodon to be valid. A cladistic analysis by Carballido and Pol (2010) finds Amygdalodon to be a non-eusauropod sauropod. The original description for Amygdalodon is Cabrera (1947).

Upchurch, P.M., Barrett, P.M., and Dodson, P. (2004). Sauropoda. In: Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H. (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press:Berkeley 259-322. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

CARBALLIDO, J.L. & POL, D. 2010. The dentition of Amygdalodon patagonicus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the dental evolution in basal sauropods. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9: 83-93.

Rauhut, O. W. M. (2003), Revision of Amygdalodon patagonicus Cabrera, 1947 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). Fossil Record, 6: 173–181. doi: 10.1002/mmng.20030060110

Cabrera, A. 1947. Un saurópodo nuevo del Jurásico de Patagonia. Notas del Museo de La Plata, Paleontología 12(95): 1-17.83.206.236.228 (talk) 08:48, 19 June 2011 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian[reply]