Mercifully, 'Scrotum humanum' isn't actually a name. It was never
intended as a binomial, and there's no reason to treat it as one
since.
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On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:20 AM John Schneiderman
<john-schneiderman@cox.net> wrote:
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> Best Name:
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> Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905
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> Popular then and now
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> means: "tyrant lizard king"
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> Worst Names:
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> Ponerosteus exogyrarum (Frič,1878) George Olshevsky, 2000
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> Originally, "Iguanodon exogirarum" Antonín Frič,1878. = Procerosaurus exogyrarum
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> means: "worthless bone among the Exogyra (a fossil marine oyster)"
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> "Scrotum humanum" Brookes, 1763 ( = Megalosaurus bucklandii)
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> means: "human testicles"
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> On July 31, 2020 at 1:21 AM Iain Reid <
iainstein27@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have to say I am partial to Ngewvu and Mnyamawamtuka despite difficulties for some people to pronounce and spell. I second mike that Brontomerus stands out, but I find -oposeidon a bit cumbersome no offense. Lythronax and Polacanthus also seem appealing
to me.
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> The worst for me have to be a tossup of unbelievably shortened or flowless names like Yi, Zby, Thanos, or Iguanocolossus or Thanatotheristes. Intentions were good but not good enough.
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> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 1:46 PM Poekilopleuron <
dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz> wrote:
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> Good day to all listmembers! I would like to ask, what in your opinion is the "best" (coolest) and "worst" generic name of non-avian dinosaurs? Thank you for your thoughts, in advance! Tom
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