Re: Albertaceratops (simpson's bi-annual b*tch about dino naming)

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, David Marjanovic wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Docimo" <keenir@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:35 AM
>
> > so...its better to be named after a mythical woman-monster,
>
> If it looks like one... and except for the beak, it's close enough...
>
> > than it is to be named after a woman
>
> Nope, a man, some Prince Albert or other.

Ah. AlbertInaCanatops   ;)

> > and a province of Canada?
>
> That's frankly boring.
>
> Naming fossils after places also bears the danger that the names may not fit 
> for long. Think of *Seymouria sanjuanensis*, named after the place in 
> (...oops... Texas? New Mexico?) where it was first discovered -- later it was 
> found in Germany, too...
>
> > are we re-naming Albertasaurus too?
>
> *Albertosaurus* is expressedly named after the man after whom the province is 
> named. Therefore the o.
>
> We're not renaming anything because we can't (ICZN, www.iczn.org). However, I 
> still agree with Mickey.