Re: Discovery could Endanger T.Rex Name

[Garrison Hilliard <garrison@efn.org>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:43:14 MDT, you wrote:


>Regardless of whether or 
>not there are any paleontologists on the ICZN board, I think all of them 
>will know the name _Tyrannosaurus rex_, understand its widespread usage, 
>probably will never have heard of _Manospondylus_, and know what kind of 
>havok trying to change that will wreak!  (Too bad no one did that for the 
>_Apatosaurus_/_Brontosaurus_ thing...although I myself prefer the former, I 
>am constantly answering questions about the name change from both children 
>and adults!)

Better late than never.... I'll do it. Anybody know the ICZN appeal
process? 
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