Hebejeebie

[Ken Kinman]

Hi Thomas,
     Cuttysarkus is definitely a vertebrate-----a fossil lizard if I recall
correctly.
     One of my favorite funny generic names is Necrosuchus ("dead
crocodile").  The story goes that Simpson was digging up this fossil
crocodile, and one of the local residents asked if it was "dead".  I bet he
got a lot of good laughs telling that story.  :-)
             ------ Ken

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>From: Thomas Lammers <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
>Reply-To: Thomas Lammers <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: Re: Hebejeebie
>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:06:55 -0600
>
>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
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>fax:           920-424-1101
>
>Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
>biogeography
>of the Campanulaceae s. lat.
>
>Webpages:
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