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My favorite number in the alphabet is triangle.
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May 26, 2014 20:39:12 GMT
May 2014
captainjimmbob
Monolophosaurus
House Cat
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Post by Monolophosaurus on May 30, 2015 14:36:17 GMT
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May 14, 2019 10:55:54 GMT
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Rebmund10
The AFK Reptile
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January 2014
rebmund10
Rebmund Ten
Spinosaurus
Saltwater Crocodile
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Post by Rebmund10 on May 30, 2015 23:49:01 GMT
Eh. It will only confuse the people on what to really call those dinosaurs. Everything is still pretty much the same anyway. Not much difference will happen(in my perspective I guess ).
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es1001
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October 2013
es1001
http://www.youtube.com/user/Entersandman1001
esandman1001
TheSandman
Tyrannosaurus
Great White Shark
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Post by es1001 on Jun 3, 2015 12:21:00 GMT
Those are some of the most iconic dinosaurs ever described. If anything, Agathaumus will become a synonym of Triceratops, not vice versa.
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Monolophosaurus
My favorite number in the alphabet is triangle.
1,094
May 26, 2014 20:39:12 GMT
May 2014
captainjimmbob
Monolophosaurus
House Cat
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Post by Monolophosaurus on Jun 3, 2015 14:07:29 GMT
Well the rules of the ICZN state that the first name is the one that stays. I don't think there is any rule that says the more popular name wins. But I do agree, the media would EXPLODE if Tyrannosaurus got renamed. Remember when only one scientist (Jack Horner) theorized that Torosaurus was an adult Triceratops? The media exploded, saying "Triceratops never existed" even though it was safe either way. Imagine if Manospondylus took over. *shudders* Something has to change, but I don't see them changing rules anytime soon.
There is a rule that says any senior synonym name that has not been used since 1899 is obliterated and the later one takes its place if it has been used in at least 25 papers. This saved Pachycephalosaurus from Tylosteus, but it does not save Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, or Edmontosaurus from Agathaumus, Manospondylus, or Thespesius, respectively.
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