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Mojoceratops: New Dinosaur Species Named for Flamboyant Frill
Yale University ^
| July 8, 2010
| Unknown
Posted on 07/08/2010 5:58:53 PM PDT by decimon
New Haven, Conn. — When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur's appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops.
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' " said Longrich, a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. "I tried to come up with serious names after that, but Mojoceratops just sort of stuck."
With the publication of Longrich's paper describing his find in the Journal of Paleontology, online today, the name is now official.
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TOPICS: History; Humor
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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posted on
07/08/2010 5:58:55 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/08/2010 5:59:34 PM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
(Jim Morrison’s name, scrambled)
To: decimon
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:03:20 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: decimon
Did somebody say "flamboyant frill"?
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:04:03 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' " In a few years it won't (it doesn't now) and you'll look like a junior high school dumb ass.
I'm sorry. I just...I just take paleontology seriously.
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:07:17 PM PDT
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Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:08:17 PM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; ...
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:10:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: decimon
The female of the species lacks the frill but as breeding season approaches, areas of color appear around her eyes and cheeks signaling her readyness to breed.
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:12:11 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:14:31 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(If you liked 1984, you'll love The Road to Serfdom)
To: historyrepeatz
(Jim Morrison’s name, scrambled)Mr Mojo risin.
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:19:11 PM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
Did it have a red necktie?
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posted on
07/08/2010 6:38:11 PM PDT
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SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: decimon
Ah yes. I see the resemblance...
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posted on
07/08/2010 7:43:24 PM PDT
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null and void
(We are now in day 530 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: decimon
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posted on
07/08/2010 7:55:36 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
To: null and void
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posted on
07/08/2010 11:38:15 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: decimon
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posted on
07/09/2010 12:20:00 AM PDT
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MtnMan101
(THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISUM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY)
To: SunkenCiv; decimon
They stole my name??!!
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