Dino McDinoface

And yet you say it's a good thing?

There are more dinosaurs discovered (and named) these days than ever before. We're in the golden age of paleontology.

It would be kinda cool if newly discovered critters and plants had that modern naming convention for real. It'd sure make it a lot easier to remember the scientific names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer

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Animals are mostly still given taxonomic names in latin and then a common silly name. So there's nothing stopping us from calling a stegosaurus Spikey Backy Tailey.

I would be both OK with and highly amused by scientific names like this. Let's do it with botany and anatomy too!

They are finding them, in China, and they still follow th classic naming convention, but the unique parts are Chinese words,

“Key recent finds (2025–2026) include the *92-foot-long sauropod Tongnanlong zhimingi, the spiky herbivore Haolong dongi, and the 39-foot-long Huashanosaurus qini”

Or Dracorex hogwartsia.

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my 4yo calls em Bigasaurus, and i agree

There's a scene in Jurassic World where the one character basically says this and gives off a bunch of corporate horror names and its so funny to me.

Dino McDinyface.

Thought this post was going to follow the path of sports stadiums and show gratitude we don't have an Oraclesaurus brought to you by your boy Larry

I'm ready for that style of language to be passé. But probably the next slang will also be unpleasant.

I felt the world begin to dumb everything down when the dinosaur I'd always known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even as a tiny child I had no problem pronouncing that, became featured in a popular movie and now everyone abbreviates it to T-Rex.