Odp: [dinosaur] RETRACTION: Oculudentavis, new smallest known Mesozoic bird in amber from Cretaceous of Myanmar

[dawidmazurek@wp.pl <dawidmazurek@wp.pl>]

Nobody likes names with errors, confusing names, or the ones that just sounds funny, but... come one. We use Latin (although most of us, me included, don't know the basics of this language) only because of historical reasons. For a species-level clade, ANY name is better than a password-like designation or a serial number. Dawid

Dnia 27 lipca 2020 12:36 Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com> napisaÅ(a):

Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com> wrote:

While I couldn't care less about proper Latin or Greek formulation in names,

It pains me to read that, Mickey.  Personally, I wince whenever I see

a badly formed name - including _Oculudentavis_.  Based on the

comments by other DML contributors, I'm heartened that I'm not the

only one who thinks this way.  Where's the harm in authors trying just

a bit harder to get their names right?