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Re: Goofy dinosaur names: WAS Tsaagan mangas - new dromaeosaurid from Mongolia



T. Michael Keesey writes:
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature:
http://home.earthlink.net/~misaak/taxonomy.html

I've always thought that Megalosaurus should be changed back to its original name. Public interest in dinosaurs would go through the roof (although mostly due to accidental Google searches).


In fact, if I had mispelled the word 'public' this post would have been even more apt.

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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