[Generally it has been coined as] Obamadon

[Jonathan Lighter]

I regret to report that Trachodon has gone the way of Brontosaurus.

Further analysis proved Trachodon to be just another Hadrosaurus. (And
Bronto- to be an Apato-.)

Some Brachiosauruses are now Giraffatitans.

A name I did not make up.

JL

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

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> > Date:    Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:52:42 -0500
> > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: [Generally it has been coined as] Obamadon
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> > I regret that my full-color portrait close-up of an Iguanadon did not go
> > through.
> >
> > See it here:
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> http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=iguanadon&view=detail&id=0F9992559240489E583F4E75089EACFDB7EA862F
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> > Upper left.
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> > JL
> Because I never add anything useful . . . I was (and still am) a huge
> dinosaur fan, and my favorite dinos as a kid were Iguanodon and
> Tracheodon. None of the usual popular ones. . .
>
> And, excellent response for a non-paleontologist, arnold . . .
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> ---Amy West
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