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[Thomas Lammers]

I seem to recall there is a turtle genus Ninjemys -- after the children's
cartoon characters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

There is a paleozoic fossil of unknown affinities from southeastern Iowa
called Gluteus minimus, as they look like tiny buttocks.

I think there is a genus in some phylum called Cuttysarkia, after the whiskey.

Somebody REALLY needs to create an index of these ...  When teaching
nomenclature, it's nice to have some "fun" examples, to show students that
scientists aren't all mirthless research drones.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and biogeography
of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

Webpages:
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/herbarium/herbarium.html
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