Anonymous
7/10/2025, 6:20:09 PM No.5014523
Why is it named basilosaurus, and not basilocetus or basilotherium?
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Anonymous
7/10/2025, 7:02:00 PM No.5014527
>>5014523 (OP)
Because they thought it was a marine reptile at first and couldn't be half assed to change it when they found out it was actually a mammal
Because they thought it was a marine reptile at first and couldn't be half assed to change it when they found out it was actually a mammal
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Anonymous
7/10/2025, 7:11:00 PM No.5014529
>>5014527
thats because the americans were too busy with getting dysentery on the oregon trail and fighting off mexico at the alamo, and the brits were too busy killing off the auks and selling opium
thats because the americans were too busy with getting dysentery on the oregon trail and fighting off mexico at the alamo, and the brits were too busy killing off the auks and selling opium
Anonymous
7/10/2025, 8:44:31 PM No.5014542
same reason megarachne isn't called megaeurypte
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 11:48:02 AM No.5014828
>>5014523 (OP)
It used to be named Zeuglodon at some point.
It used to be named Zeuglodon at some point.