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Sinovenator changiae (NOT changii)
From: Ben Creisler bh480@scn.org
Sinovenator changiae (NOT changii)
I haven't seen the Nature paper yet but the press release
at (all one line):
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/press/
press_sinovenator.htm
states that the species name honors a woman. Therefore the
species name needs to be emended to changiae (feminine
gender).
Sinovenator changii is named after Dr. Meeman Chang, a
leading Chinese paleontologist who spent more than a year
time studying fossil fishes at The Field Museum on
different occasions, most recently in 1998.
?As head of the Beijing?s Institute of Vertebrate
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology for many years, Dr.
Chang has helped raise the standards for paleontological
inquiry in China,? says Lance Grande, PhD, curator of
fossil fishes at The Field Museum. ?She is dedicated to
improving the quality and productivity of Beijing?s
natural science institutions through training students,
publishing, and improving collection and research
facilities in China. She has also played an important role
in making it easier for foreign paleontologists to work in
China, thereby broadening the scope and importance of
paleontological sciences there.?