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"But the name Brontosaurus is still known by several generations of schoolchildren. It's not entirely clear why the name stuck, but it may be to do with its ori
by themartorana 11y ago
"But the name Brontosaurus is still known by several generations of schoolchildren. It's not entirely clear why the name stuck, but it may be to do with its origins in the Bone Wars, when there was intense public interest in the discovery of new dinosaurs."
I'm glad they addressed this in the article. I read the headline and was like "Whaaaaat?" I did not know the name "Brontosaurus" was not valid! I was born in the late '70s but still, that's half a century after this happened.
- Crito 11y agoDinosaur books for children in libraries across the country (public or school) are frequently quite old, or at least out of date. Not terribly surprising when you consider it is a topic that sits on the very edge of human knowledge, but so often attracts the interests of children. Same problem exists for space books. When I was a kid I had a few space books that referred to men "one day" landing on the moon. This was 20 years after that had actually happened.
- protomyth 11y agoI would imagine that other than bad books, Brontosaurus is easier to say and sounds better plus "thunder lizard" beats "deceptive lizard".