Slartibartfast Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32205289 As a mother of a six year old this is big news in our house. :) 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 It's big news for my 10 yr old, too, even though she's largely abandoned extinct reptiles in favor of living ones :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 It's big news for my 10 yr old, too, even though she's largely abandoned extinct reptiles in favor of living ones :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I sort of love how you can do your field research in a museum collection. I heard a story awhile ago about a guy whose job was to go through all the old specimen collections and relabel them and recheck them in places like the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and I think he had the honor of discovering like three entire species. Most people out in actual fields can't claim that. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We had these heavy rubbery dinosaurs when I was little. They had the name and weight of each molded in raised letters on their bellies. Brontosaurus was always my favorite. I was sad, years later, when I learned he wasn't really a "thing". Now I'm happy! He was a distinct species after all! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I keep singing "Brontosaurus got a sweet tooth..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Brontosaurus, meh. I want Pluto as a planet back. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I'm almost embarrassed how giddy this made me yesterday. I was dancing around the kitchen singing "We're bringing Brontosaurus back..." a la Justin Timberlake. At least the toddler was impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I sort of love how you can do your field research in a museum collection. I heard a story awhile ago about a guy whose job was to go through all the old specimen collections and relabel them and recheck them in places like the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and I think he had the honor of discovering like three entire species. Most people out in actual fields can't claim that. My dream job would be to work in the Smithsonian sorting the collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Now I can watch Flintstones again, and know that the Brontosaurus is correct! ;) (I wonder how many other things the show got right? :lol: ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Brontosaurus, meh. I want Pluto as a planet back. Being the rebel that I am, Pluto IS still a planet to me. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I saw this topic header when it was posted but didn't have time to read it. Finally got around to finding it again :) My dinosaur lovers will be excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 We'll have to improvise some new lyrics when we sing "Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus" from the Wee Sing Dinosaurs CD. Very exciting! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine.more Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Being the rebel that I am, Pluto IS still a planet to me. :D Yep, my kids are taught that Pluto is still a planet :D That's a legit reason to homeschool in and of itself, right? ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 DH is a statistician who has worked on several paleontology projects. He's always struck by how little data there are about dinosaurs - in some cases, an entire species is determined based on ONE fossil find. There is so much error in this world. Remember the triceratops debate a few years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 dd took a paleontology course this term in college. She noticed was that everyone wants to find a new species so many of the lit reviews she did were of people arguing that 'these 3 bones are significantly different than those 3 bones found there' and therefore my find is a new species!' & others arguing 'no, it's not'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 This was big news here and my boys are 15, almost 17, and 18. We are headed to the Badlands in June and the dino mania is gearing up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I find it interesting that that name dispute goes all the way back to 1903. I grew up in the seventies and eighties, and Brontosaurus was the name we used. I'm surprised it stuck around that long after it was decided by some to be incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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