Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, 'may be of largest-ever marine reptile'
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#2Article says: Justin Reynolds and his daughter Ruby. I'm sure Dad is proud and all and doesn't mind being left out of the headline, but it does make it a bit click-bait-y
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#3Looking at those objects on the table, I would never think they were bone fossils if I found them
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#4> The team have named the species Ichthyotitan severnensis, meaning “giant fish lizard of the Severn”.
I wonder what part of that they think means "lizard".
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#5A young girl, Ruby Reynolds (alliterative name), makes a large scientific discovery.
...This is how comic hero backstories start.
I look forward to Dinogirl or whatever (far better) name she comes up with!
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#6> The team have named the species Ichthyotitan severnensis , meaning “giant fish lizard of the Severn”. I wonder what part of that they think means "lizard".
Not ichthyo (meaning fish), but ichthyo as in a shortened form of ichthyosaur.
It’s a stretch.
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#7I hope she gets to name it!
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#8> The team have named the species Ichthyotitan severnensis , meaning “giant fish lizard of the Severn”. I wonder what part of that they think means "lizard".
Also, it should arguably be Sabrinensis. cf https://operatoday.com/2020/05/herbert_howells_missa_sabrine...
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#9A young girl, Ruby Reynolds (alliterative name), makes a large scientific discovery. ...This is how comic hero backstories start. I look forward to Dinogirl or whatever (far better) name she comes up with!
Hmm, I wonder what abilities the bite of a radioactive fossil would confer.
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#10This makes Ruby a modern-day, Mary Anning, combing the beach and discovering ichthyosaur fossils.