Re: Tsaagan mangas - new dromaeosaurid from Mongolia

[Jamie Stearns <stearns5@cox.net>]

My point wasn't the "mangas" part at all, and perhaps "goofy" wasn't the 
proper word.

When the whole scientific naming concept got started, as I recall, Latin and 
Greek were used for naming because they were dead languages and would not 
change over time. This would be good for ensuring stability in nomenclature.

With that said, Mongolian and Chinese are definitely not dead languages, and 
thus would not be particularly suited for naming taxa, except where place 
names are concerned. Though, I suppose this would also be a strike against 
"Supersaurus" as a name...