Of course, if I were asked to WEIGH in on this issue, i would come out very strongly for using Brontosaurus. Such a cool name!
Brentasaurus
Jura <archosaur@reptilis.net> wrote:
>*****saurus means 'deceptive lizard'.
>BRONTOSAURUS, the 'thundering dinosaur', hides nothing!
>Go, sauropods.
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I don't know; considering the jumbled history of _Apatosaurus_ (the head, name and now the neck movement thing), I honestly think that this name has become (rather serendipitously) apt.
I *do* think that the name: brontosaurus, should come out of "retirement" though. Awfully sad to see such a good name go unused due to a nasty nomen nudum issue.
Jura
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