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Good point, I hadn't known the date of naming. Nopcsa named it *Titanosaurus dacus* after the ancient peoples of the area. The Transylvanian region is still home to a large Magyar population. I wonder if Romanians are miffed that "their" dinosaur is named after
a different ethnic group? "Romani(a)saurus" isn't taken...
Thomas Yazbeck
From: dinosaur-l-request@mymaillists.usc.edu <dinosaur-l-request@mymaillists.usc.edu> on behalf of Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 1:18 AM To: dinosaur-l@usc.edu <dinosaur-l@usc.edu> Subject: Re: [dinosaur] Coining names Thomas Yazbeck <yazbeckt@msu.edu> wrote:
> Incidentally, another example of the place-name mismatch in dinosaur taxonomy is *Magyarosaurus*, named by Nopcsa back when Transylvania was part of Hungary (now Romania). I believe _Magyarosaurus_ was named by Huene after the Magyar people, rather than a place (Hungary/Magyarország). When _Magyarosaurus_ was named (1932), Transylvania (including the Hateg Basin) was part of Romania, as a consequence of the collapse of the Dual Monarchy (Treaty of Versailles, and all that). |