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FWIW "American" might be more continental than national; my recollection is that one of the places where tons of dinosaur bones were found in the early paleonto

by saghm 14d ago

FWIW "American" might be more continental than national; my recollection is that one of the places where tons of dinosaur bones were found in the early paleontology days is Alberta.

Arubis 14d ago
I think that’s what most tripped me up. “North American” would’ve been clearer here.
- saghm 14d ago
  I honestly had the opposite misreading; I thought it was intentionally trying to say it also had been found in South America, but from some googling I can't find any reference to that. Wikipedia seems to have already been updated to "North America and Europe"
  - marcosdumay 14d ago
    North and South American dinosaurs were very different.
    - imp0cat 14d ago
      Yes, and the difference being that they did not build a huge wall between them.
      - saghm 13d ago
        Mild correction, but unless you're talking about something in Columbia or maybe Panama, I think what you're referring to is between North American countries.
- soperj 14d ago
  Nah, this is a Yankee/American issue. Citizens of the US claiming a noun that belongs to the continent.
  - saghm 14d ago
    As someone who grew up in the Boston area and is a baseball fan, I always have a strong emotional reaction to someone referring me to as a Yankee. Those are the other guys!