Im not seeing anything in the Spanish Wikipedia about who discovered the fossils so Im not sure what the basis of s statement is The initial paper J I Kirkland B B Britt S Madsen and D Burge A Small Theropod from the Basal Cedar Mountain Formation Lower Cretaceous Barremian of Eastern Utah Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology  A  does not include Whittle as an author but apparently the authors named the species Nedcolberti whittlei which suggests Whittle may have had a role or was being honored It would be helpful if someone would post any parts of that paper that mention Whittle  I dont have access to a JSTOR account