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[davegodfrey]

• 10:47 I'm saddened to learn that Brachiosaurus brancai should be called "Giraffatitan". Why can't the ICZN have a clause for "sounding nicer"? ;) #

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Re: What the -!?!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I was afraid of that. Not sure why the giraffe reference bugs me, but it does.

The Flintstones aside, I first learned of the name brontosaurus from a How and Why Wonder Book which I would have sworn was published in the 60s. But who knows? And who knows how accurate it was, for the matter.