Comments on: Horseshoe Crab Fossil named after Darth Vader https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/12/05/horseshoe-crab-fossil-named-darth-vader/ Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Vaprox https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/12/05/horseshoe-crab-fossil-named-darth-vader/#comment-556834 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:25:25 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28173#comment-556834 This is great for star wars.

]]> By: Tyvor Winn https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/12/05/horseshoe-crab-fossil-named-darth-vader/#comment-556465 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:04:49 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28173#comment-556465 I’ve always thought fondly about horseshoe crabs even though I’ve never seen one in nature. When I was taking my first paleontology course back in what now seems ancient times, horseshoe crabs were said to be somewhat similar to trilobites — more so than other arthropods anyway. I don’t remember anymore whether it was considered a close relationship or just convergence and I’ve lost my Invert. Paleo. book.

In the far future the “Darth” part of the name will probably cause some headscratching as to its origin and meaning. Most paleontological taxanomic names have some relationship to words in Latin or Greek which describe a feature, location, or the name of a real person.

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