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Re: A trivial question



From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Also named for Yang Zhongjian using the Chinese form of his name the ornithopod:


Jinzhousaurus yangi Wang & Xu 2001

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Mickey Mortimer
<mickey_mortimer111@msn.com> wrote:
> I never knew that about Young's name, but it did remind me of a bird that 
> increases that list by one-
>
> Zhongjianornis yangi Zhou, Zhang
>   and Li, 2010
>
> There's also Neimongosaurus yangi Zhang, Xu, Sereno,
>   Kwang and Tan, 2001
>
> Mickey Mortimer
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 16:46:10 -0700
>> From: bcreisler@gmail.com
>> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
>> Subject: Re: A trivial question
>>
>> From: Ben Creisler
>> bcreisler@gmail.com
>>
>> The person honored with the most dinosaur species names appears to be
>> the famous Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhongjian (1897-1979), known as
>> C.C. (Chung Chien) Young. My count for now is:
>>
>>
>> Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao, Cheng & Xu, 1999
>>
>> Fulengia youngi Carroll & Galton, 1977
>>
>> Mamenchisaurus youngi Pi, Ouyang & Ye, 1996
>>
>> Psittacosaurus youngi Chao, 1962
>>
>> Sinornithoides youngi Russell & Dong, 1994
>>
>> Tianzhenosaurus youngi Pang & Cheng, 1998
>>
>> Yimenosaurus youngi Zhang, 1993
>>
>> Yunnanosaurus youngi Lu, Li, Zhong, Azuma, Fujita, Dong & Ji, 2007
>>
>>
>> ===
>>
>> The species named "browni" honor a number of different people (Fred
>> Brown, Barnum Brown, Alfred Brown) so they shouldn't be counted
>> together.
>>
>> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Ben Creisler
>>> bcreisler@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to Mickey for adding Gobivenator mongoliensis--should have
>>> caught that one.
>>>
>>> **
>>> Note that *ajax* was also used for Pachysauriscus ajax (Kuhn, 1959)
>>> [originally Pachysaurus ajax von Huene, 1907], now generally as
>>> Plateosaurus (with type species name to be changed).
>>>
>>> Also, for *rex*:
>>>
>>> Aliwalia rex Galton, 1985 [Eucnemesaurus]
>>>
>>> Edmarka rex Bakker et al., 1992 [Torvosaurus]
>>>
>>> Othnielia rex (Galton,1977) [from Nanosaurus rex Marsh ]
>>>
>>> Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
>>>
>>> **
>>> Responding to the mongoliense issue:
>>>
>>> Protiguanodon mongoliense was a grammatical error (names in Greek
>>> -odon "tooth" are masculine, not neuter) so Protiguanodon mongoliensis
>>> was the corr
>>>
>>> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12344149#page/178/mode/1up
>>>
>>> In Latin the masculine and feminine adjectival forms in this case are
>>> -ensis, and the neuter form is -ense. See:
>>>
>>> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ensis
>>>
>>> Changing grammatical endings on adjectives is required to make a
>>> species match the Latin gender of the genus it is assigned to. I think
>>> "mongoliensis" and "mongoliense" should count as the same name in a
>>> tally of dinosaur species in this case.
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>> Osborn (or the editor) made the same mistake with Prodeinodon
>>> mongoliense instead of mongoliensis-- although the correct masculine
>>> spelling is used in the illustration caption!
>>>
>>> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12344311#page/340/mode/1up
>>>
>>> **
>>> What is really confusing here is that Osborn is proposing a new
>>> genus/species "Protiguanodon mongoliense" but concedes that, after
>>> more preparation of the specimens, Protiguanodon may turn out to be
>>> the same as Psittacosaurus--and presumably belong to the species
>>> Psittacosaurus mongoliensis. If Protiguanodon was the same as the
>>> genus Psittacosaurus (as it turned out to be) but a new species, it
>>> would need a new species name because of identical spellings.
>>>
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if it was some editor for the American Museum of Natural
>>> History who got the Latin grammar mixed up. In the article by Mook
>>> about Alligator sinensis (masculine gender) in the same volume, the
>>> species is spelled "sinense" (neuter) throughout even though Alligator
>>> mississippiensis is spelled correctly!
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12344145#page/185/mode/1up
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>> R.C. Andrews et al. 1926-1930. Central Asiatic Expeditions of the
>>> American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy
>>> Chapman Andrews : preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology,
>>> and zoology.
>>> New York : American Museum of Natural History
>>>
>>> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12034#/details
>>>
>>> On
>>> <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com> wrote:
>>>> There's also Gobivenator mongoliensis Tsuihiji, Barsbold,
>>>> Watabe, Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Fugiyama and Suzuki, 2014
>>>>
>>>> Mickey Mortimer
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 21:12:03 -0700
>>>>> From: jayp.nair@yahoo.com
>>>>> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
>>>>> Subject: Re: A trivial question
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. One less for 'mongoliensis'- Protiguanodon was named P. mongoliense 
>>>>> originally (not P. 'mongoliensis')
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Psittacosaurus neimongoliensis obviously includes 'mongoliensis' in 
>>>>> its species name.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
>>>>> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2014 1:37 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: A trivial question
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Ben Creisler
>>>>> bcreisler@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> According to a very quick and dirty check, the most common dinosaur
>>>>> species name is "mongoliensis":
>>>>>
>>>>> Adasaurus mongoliensis Barsbold, 1983
>>>>>
>>>>> Asiatosaurus mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
>>>>>
>>>>> Enigmosaurus mongoliensis Barsbold & Perle, 1893
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis (Gilmore, 1933) [Mandschurosaurus
>>>>> mongoliensis Gilmore, 1933]
>>>>>
>>>>> Graciliceratops mongoliensis Sereno, 2000
>>>>>
>>>>> Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Nowinski, 1971
>>>>>
>>>>> Oviraptor mongoliensis Barsbold, 1986
>>>>>
>>>>> Prodeinodon mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
>>>>>
>>>>> Protiguanodon mongoliensis Osborn, 1923
>>>>>
>>>>> Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn, 1923
>>>>>
>>>>> Saurornithoides mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
>>>>>
>>>>> Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
>>>>>
>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>> + (if considered an honorary theropod)
>>>>>
>>>>> Brodavis mongoliensis Martin, Kurochkin & Tokaryk. 2012
>>>>
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