Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Friday, July 9, 2010,
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Paleontology
What do you name a new dinosaur unlike anything else ever seen before? Usually, dinos are named after some trait of their body or their discoverer with a handle that's hard to say. Nicholas Longrich, a paleontologist at Yale University, found a new species in Canada and wanted a unique name to match the creature's unusual feature, so he met a few fellow scientists over a few beers and they bantered possibilities. Longrich jokingly mentioned "mojoceratops" and all conversation stopped as th... Continue reading ...