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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Big Paul - Sounds like a Mafia Name

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0038207

Hey, long time, no update. Mostly due to my laziness. Anyways "Lambeosaurus" laticaudus has been renamed to Magnapaulia laticaudus. Yep, it means "Big Paul". Now I can't stop thinking about Big Fat Paulie from Family Guy. Sounds like a nickname, like "Big Al" or "Jane". And ironically, its feminine too.

Magnapaulia has also been down-sized to 41ft, still large but not as huge as Shantungosaurus. Now the latter's only competition (considering Huaxiaosaurus is synonymous) is Hypsibema. M. laticaudus might also be a species of Velafrons. She's been through a lot lately.

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