RE: Happy "Capitalsaurus" Day!

["Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>]

Nicholas Gardner wrote:

>I would just like to say this:

>"HAPPY CAPITALSAURUS DAY!"

Three cheers!  "Capitalsaurus" as been designated as the Official Dinosaur
of D.C.  

To commemorate this special occasion, everyone should go and find the
crappiest dinosaur fossil they can lay their hands on, and give it a new
name.  I just can't get enough of those _nomina nuda_ clogging up dinosaur
taxonomy.

(Stop Press: I had thought that "Capitalsaurus" was based on a
non-diagnostic tail vertebra.  However, I'm pleased to see from the drawing
at the website that "Capitalsaurus" is now known from a complete skeleton.
Tom Lipka has been busy!)

Ahh, our taxes at work.



 
Tim