Words of Dinosaurology

Prolagus commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Hee hee! It will take a LOT of time.

August 29, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Yeah, I knew it would be big, but obviously didn't know *how* big. Now I have five sprawling lists and a sixth one that's threatening to take over the others. *sigh* Damn prehistoric creatures, always trying to... well... there were a lot of them.

August 29, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

*coughs, BEING a prehistoric creature*

August 29, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

;)

August 29, 2008

mollusque commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

More than 95% of the creatures that have ever lived are prehistoric. And there are more than 800 genera of dinosaurs alone, not counting birds, which are just feathered dinosaurs.

August 30, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Yes, I found that out. I guess I'm in for a long haul.

Edit: P.S. anyone have a list of the more than 800 genera? That would be cool.

August 30, 2008

she commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

I could email you a list of all the palaeontological words in the OED, if you like! There are 597.

August 30, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

She... you are a word freak. And I mean that in the nicest way. :)

August 30, 2008

she commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Ahaha, oh dear. I wonder about the implications of being called a word freak on a site full of logophiles..

August 30, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Don't worry, they're all good. (The implications... not necessarily the logophiles.) :)

August 30, 2008

mollusque commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Try dinosaur genera, for 1181 names, including some no longer in use. And how about 1327 generic names ending in -saurus? Some are lizards or fish or other non-dinosaurians.

August 30, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Thanks mollusque! That will come in handy. I am trying to keep the "invalid" names from creeping in, though I'm sure there are some there now, and I have no intention of keeping up with current trends in paleontology and updating my lists in the future. Though given what John called my obsessive completism, I probably will. God*$#@it.

You know there are a few other lists I'm working on, right? Including Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, and the temporarily-named Not a Dinosaur.

All this stuff will get sorted out eventually. I even made placeholder lists for when I figure out how the f&%$ to sort the go%#@*#ed mother%@*$ers.

August 30, 2008

mollusque commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Well, I noticed that Dinosaurology encompassed all of paleontology, and that your other lists weren't going to solve that, especially "Not a Dinosaur", which is rather broad. But then I have lists called Biology and Geology.

You might want to limit Dinosaurology to Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous beasties that dinosaurs might at least have encountered.

August 31, 2008

reesetee commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Gosh, c_b, I didn't realize that listing dinosaurs and other extinct creatures could bring on a bout of cursitis. I'll have to watch myself if I start listing prehistoric birds. ;-)

August 31, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

Thanks mollusque. As I said, I'm going to sort stuff out later. Right now I'm just dumping them into placeholder lists. :) It did occur to me to sort them by geologic time periods (I noticed you have a list of these--cool!), but I'm debating whether to use tags for that purpose instead. I like the idea of clicking on "Cretaceous" and coming up with a list of plants, dinosaurs, and other animals. And the tags could work well to cross-reference stuff on different lists, rather than listing them by eon. I'm still thinking about what I want to do. :)

Edit: I should have mentioned that none of my list titles or organization (at least on this subject) are permanent.

Meanwhile, I'm sure learning a lot. I'll have to wear earplugs so it doesn't all leak out.

August 31, 2008

mollusque commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

I like the idea of tagging by geological time period, c_b.

August 31, 2008

mollusque commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

How about paleooology?

September 9, 2008

marky commented on the list words-of-dinosaurology

cool list!

March 5, 2013