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[dinosaur] Do people still use Troodon?
I've seen some recent papers on the DML that use it as valid, but Zanno et al. 2017 declared it dubious due to its non-diagnostic holotype. Basically, what people worried would happen to Diplodocus, hence the petition.
I wonder if, in a few decades, if not sooner, Troodon will be where Trachodon is now - a name you only see in old books. But I think that declaring that we can no longer use a name that's been widely used for over 150 years is a bad idea.