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Re: [dinosaur] Coining names

Thomas Yazbeck <yazbeckt@msu.edu> wrote:

> Incidentally, another example of the place-name mismatch in dinosaur taxonomy 
> is *Magyarosaurus*, named by Nopcsa back when Transylvania was part of 
> Hungary (now Romania).

I believe _Magyarosaurus_ was named by Huene after the Magyar people,
rather than a place (Hungary/MagyarorszÃg).  When _Magyarosaurus_ was
named (1932), Transylvania (including the Hateg Basin) was part of
Romania, as a consequence of the collapse of the Dual Monarchy (Treaty
of Versailles, and all that).