Brontosaurus gets its name back

[Panich52]

DiscoverNews
Brontosaurus, the “thunder lizard,” is back after having been previously misidentified and stripped of its name.

One of the most iconic dinosaurs, Brontosaurus, is back on its own in the dino history books, having regained its status as a unique genus and species.

The reclassification, addressed in a study appearing in the latest issue of the journal PeerJ, appears to resolve a long-standing debate over what to do with Brontosaurus, which looked a lot like the dinosaur Apatosaurus.

That similarity had caused paleontologists to rename Brontosaurus as Apatosaurus excelsus. In short, it was just considered to have been another type of Apatosaurus. Gone was the cool name Brontosaurus, which means "thunder lizard" in Greek.

But now Brontosaurus is back!

READ MORE (+ pic gallery & vid)
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/brontosaurus-finally-gets-its-name-back-150407.htm

[Gloria]

1. Well, I'm happy about this!

My childhood books are now not out of date! Makes me feel something is right with the world! Bronto was always my favorite dinosaur!

[raging moderate]

2. Yay!

My mother wrote a poem for my little brother with this word in it! It is a wonderful word!
Scientists:
Please stop screwing up the efforts of liberal arts sympathizers to strengthen your influence in our culture!

[Gothmog]

3. Yeah

This makes me smile

[MisterP]

4. also, rhinos will be renamed "unicorns" and LAX is just a particularly sucessful cargo cult!

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Dupe.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/122837708

Please check recent posts at least cursorily to avoid dupes.

[Phil1934]

6. It's a start

Now we need to get Pluto its planet standing back

[packman]

7. They named a planet after a Disney dog cartoon?

Seriously , glad to see Bronto back. First dinosaur play figure my kids played with. He would line up the Bronto's, the Tyranno's, and those Stego's up in battle lines and play for hours with a pea shooter knocking them down and resetting them.

[greiner3]

8. Science at its best;

And no /s tag!

[Enthusiast]

9. I'm glad.

[Quasimodem]

10. The Piltdown Men will be so happy.

[malthaussen]

11. I have a theory about the brontosaurus...

-- Mal

[Wolf Frankula]

12. Bully for Brontosaurus!

Wolf

[bearssoapbox]

13. I'm glad you posted this.

Since I wasn't on earlier and this is the post that caught my attention.

Glad Bronty got his name back.

Fred will be happy too.