Re: Qantasaurus

[The Armadillo with the Mask <armadilo@daft.com>]

On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Matt D. Celeskey wrote:

> Dr. Paul Willis wrote:
> 
> >And yse, the name is after the airline (Queensland And Northern Territory
> >Air Service).
> 
> I found this interesting after the recent posts on corporate sponsorship. I
> don't want to open up a can of worms here, but I wanted to know if I was 
> correct
> in assuming that this is a way to honor a corporation-funded dig?
> 
I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised in these days of
"branding"....Anybody for 3COMasaurus??

Or better still:
"...Furthermore, the placement of digit II on the manus of the specimen is
inconsistent with those known to be diagnostic of Microsoftisaurinae..."

The mind reels...

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