Anchisaurus

In Depth        Anchisaurus was originally named Megadactylus polyzelus by Edward Hitchcock‭; ‬however after his death it was realised that that Megadactylus had already been used to name another creature,‭ ‬and so it could not be used.‭ ‬Later in‭ ‬1885,‭ ‬the famous American palaeontologists Othniel Charles Marsh renamed the fossils Anchisaurus,‭ ‬as well as identifying the … Read more