Talk:Troodon
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[edit] Diacritic Mark
Shouldn't the title of the article be Troödon, not Troodon? I just created a redirect from Troödon, so it's a valid Wikipedia name. 68.81.231.127 15:38, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- The official name is Troodon, not Troödon. Latin doesn't have a "ö". However, whatever prevents the anglophonic pronunciation of "Truedon" is a blessing to the world. ;o).
MWAK--84.27.81.59 22:41, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Correct Latin isn't necessarily, well, correct ;) ... but I did find a useful cite: Per Olshevsky's Dinosaurs of North America, it's Troodon Leidy, 1856 emend. Sauvage, 1876. Troödon is an outdated misspelling. 68.81.231.127 02:56, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Yes, invaluable man that Dinogeorge that! :o) But you see how it works? The mere fact that a single publication after the incorrect original (and thus at first nevertheless official) "Troödon" uses the correct "Troodon" makes the latter name the official one! No explicit emendation is necessary.
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MWAK--84.27.81.59 09:42, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Perhaps it is useful to add that rule 32.5.2 of the ICZN code forbids the use of any diacritic sign.
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MWAK--84.27.81.59 09:43, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Teeth Only?
The article says that this species is known only from its teeth, but it gives detailed information about Troodon's eyes and thumbs. Something must be inaccurate here.
- Problem comes from the Troodon vs. Stenonychosaurus issue. If they are seperate, Troodon is (probably) known only from teeth. If Troodon = Stenonychosaurus, better skeletons are known.Dinoguy2 23:44, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- Even more to the point, the article directly contradicts intself; claiming remains other than teeth, including nests and eggs. Troodon was one of the early names that Leidy applied to teeth and for over a century that was all that known about it (even to the point of the name being re-used for a pachycephalosaur now called Stegoceras). Then in 1978 John Horner attributed some of his finds to it, and these included whole skeletons and eggs. CFLeon 22:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moving?
Can I move this too Troödon Elmo125.467/891.011.121.415.164.057.984.887.982.481.215.470.890.199.919.652.468.Yay 20:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
