RE: Bambiraptor feinbergi

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Stratigraphy@aol.com
> << Linster christened the specimen bambiraptor because it's small
> like Bambi.
> >>
>
> It was original christened Bambinoraptor, bambino being baby (small) in
> Italian.  Pick your poison...either way its...well...silly, but
> that is just
> an opinion.

Sad to say, no.

The specimen was informally called "Bambi" (like "Sue" or "Stan" or "Lucy",
some specimens wind up with field nicknames).  That name was later enshrined
formally as _Bambiraptor_.

My fervent hope is that we will eventually be able to sink this species into
_Saurornitholestes_...

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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