The Secret Shame of Dinosaurs (Fossil Names)
Did you know that technically, the name 'dinosaur' is a rebrand? The original name was a lot more… wrinkly. In this episode we discuss how to name fossils and some of the funniest fossil names we could find.
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Cursing. Discussion of European colonization and Native Americans. Many references to genitalia.
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References
A place to find insulting latin words to look for on zoobank: https://www.ou.edu/ludilatini/insultshandoutFall2003.htm
A few examples of silly zoobank searches:
https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ec3ff5ac-29c7-4304-9f2a-898b47e2a3e4
https://zoobank.org/Search?search_term=penis#names
https://zoobank.org/Search?search_term=quisquil
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48062596#page/181/mode/1up
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