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Re: Fast Growing Dinos
In a message dated 7/27/01 11:55:00 AM EST, gbabcock@best.com writes:
<< Could it be that this was supposed to read: "_Apatosaurus_, formerly known
as
_Brontosaurus_"? >>
That might be one way to correct it, except that Apatosaurus has always been
known as Apatosaurus and was never called Brontosaurus except perhaps by
Bakker. It would have been better had the article read, "_Brontosaurus_,
formally known as _Apatosaurus_." And therein lies the irony of the sentence:
the reporters got it exactly backward.