"POLYGLYPHANODONTIA INCERTAE SEDIS Obamadon new genusEtymology. The genus name refers to Barack Hussein Obama and odon (Greek) = tooth, in reference to the tall, straight teeth, and the manner in which Mr. Obama has acted as a role model of good oral hygiene for the world.
Diagnosis. As for the type and only species. Type species. Obamadon gracilis." Full reference:Longrich N.R., Bhart-Anjan S.B. & Gauthier J.A. In press. Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/12/07/1211526110.abstract Other information relative to Longrich and colleagues' name: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/10/ancient-extinct-lizard-named-after-president-obama http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2012/12/10/yale-scientists-name-obamadon-slender-jawed-lizard-after-the-president/8VELtuwNDxWjbOciIsYphM/blog.html Le 16/12/2012 20:38, Paul P a écrit :
Is this a joke? I can't tell. There are a lot of stupid jokes around, so i assume it is. But i don't get it. --- On Sun, 12/16/12, Jay <jayp.nair@yahoo.com> wrote:From: Jay <jayp.nair@yahoo.com> Subject: A new 'dinosaur' Obamadon, or otherwise a case in moronic news reporting To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu> Date: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 4:13 AM http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=827096 It's also depressing to do a Google search for Obamadon and see so many references to dinosaurs in other stories
--"As a Professor of Science, I assure you we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men." Hubert J. Farnworth.