tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post8600618722222143868..comments2023-11-05T04:41:29.920-08:00Comments on Dracovenator: Defending the indefensibleAdam Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-11132749100695387552008-11-10T23:06:00.000-08:002008-11-10T23:06:00.000-08:00Whoever thinks Pantydraco is the worst dinosaur ge...Whoever thinks Pantydraco is the worst dinosaur generic name ever is full of it. With competition from lots of "unpronounceable-place-saurus" names and stuff like Mei ("sleeping" - thank you, that's <I>so</I> meaningful).<BR/><BR/> Sure it sounds bad if pronounced the obvious way, but there's a long and (sorta) honorable tradition of ribald names in taxonomy. And it's memorable!Vulturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144429008676962756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-10788626771058330792008-11-09T01:15:00.000-08:002008-11-09T01:15:00.000-08:00Adam, I have to say I am a fan of your names (part...Adam, I have to say I <EM>am</EM> a fan of your names (particularly <EM>Nanalania</EM>) and perhaps it is just a shame you didn't get to use your choice for <EM>caducus</EM>.Malacodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602635447222532525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-55956742418042348072008-11-08T10:36:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:36:00.000-08:00Oops, Nanalania of course.Oops, <I>Nanalania</I> of course.Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-5452729449289759242008-11-08T10:32:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:32:00.000-08:00For Nanolania - 'dwarf butcher' (cf. 'you little r...For <I>Nanolania</I> - 'dwarf butcher' (cf. 'you little ripper'!) - see...<BR/><BR/>Yates, A. M. 2000. A new tiny rhytidosteid (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli) from the Early Triassic of Australia and the possibility of hidden temnospondyl diversity. <I>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology</I> 20, 484-489.Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-89648020495256736682008-11-07T11:36:00.000-08:002008-11-07T11:36:00.000-08:00Adam;Perhaps I'm not as familiar with all of your ...Adam;<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I'm not as familiar with all of your articles as I should be, but what is <I>Nanalania</I>?220myahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403919493457640549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618628476414479312.post-65288735151054524132008-11-07T02:19:00.000-08:002008-11-07T02:19:00.000-08:00Nice try, Adam :-)We can only hope that when peopl...Nice try, Adam :-)<BR/><BR/>We can only hope that when people are discussing your work a century from now, they're not saying "Oh. yeah, Yates -- the Pantydraco guy, right?" :-)Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com