Comments on: Bully for Brontosaurus https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/ Wed, 06 May 2015 11:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: April High Five – Genetic Engineering, Brontosaurus and Loving Dog Stares | Altmetric.com https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476768 Wed, 06 May 2015 11:14:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476768 […] Bully for Brontosaurus, Greg Laden […]

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476767 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:34:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476767 Donal, thank you very much, that is helpful!

I had assumed it was an assignment. Given what is written on Chad’s post, that seems confirmed.

]]> By: Donal https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476766 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:57:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476766 The Pretoria comments are explained in the comments here:
http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2015/04/15/help-me-understand-comment-spam/#comments

]]> By: M Hertzog https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476765 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:16:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476765 I think it would be safer to stick to the original name of Brontosaurus. If that is the name we learned since we were little why change it know? It would avoid conflict if the original name is kept. The new name wouldn’t be known by people now.
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M Hertzog, is this a class project? Your comment, and the many other comments coming out of the University of Pretoria? Let me know. -gtl.

]]> By: AS Knoetze u15203469 https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476764 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:32:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476764 Why is the whole species called Apatosaurus, if Apatosaurus actually matures into a Brontosaurus? Like for an example, a calf becomes a cow and thus its called a cow, and not a calf.
Would it not be more convenient to keep the original name?

]]> By: Remofilwe Kwati https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476763 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:17:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476763 Interesting. I have been given some knowledge on stratigraphy and how it can apply to specimens which are unknown. Question of interest: Did Brontosaurus really rise from the dead to replace Apatosaurus which were less popular? 15215319

]]> By: Remofilwe Kwati https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476762 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:09:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476762 Interesting. I have been given some knowledge on stratigraphy and how it can apply to specimens which are unknown. Question: Did Brontosaurus really rise from the dead to replace Apatosaurus which were less popular ? 15215319

]]> By: Remofilwe Kwati https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476761 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:09:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476761 Interesting. I have been given some knowledge on stratigraphy and how it can apply to specimens which are unknown. Question: Did Brontosaurus really rise from the dead to replace Apatosaurus which were less popular ?

]]> By: Owen Thord-Gray (u15314970) https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476760 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:34:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476760 “even though Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus are found in this study to be different, they are still close”. Does this imply that the reason that the reason Brontosaurus is being considered as a Linnaean name again is because it is different from Apatosaurus?
Or is it that the consideration itself is important only to draw attention to this matter and force the rule of Plenary Powers?
Any feedback would be appreciated.

]]> By: FJ van Heerden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/#comment-476759 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:26:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21022#comment-476759 Is it safe to assume the story of Linnaeus trying to change Apis mellifera to Apis mellifica once he realized bees make honey, they don’t bear it, is just a rumor made up by an apiarist who didn’t know about the Rule of Appropriateness?

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