Talk:Jaekelopterus

message: The restoration of Jaekelopterus looks similar to the restoration of Pterygotus' restoration. Was that intentional? Enneigard (talk) 04:36, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: They genera only differ in minor details. FunkMonk (talk) 10:28, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Restoration Accuracy

message: If anyone else is able to find it, please add it to the taxobox. Thanks. Grundle2600 (talk) 06:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I don't know the family

message: Can anybody decipher the Latin origin of the name?
I mean, it sounds an awful lot like Jackalope--which would almost be fitting, as a 2.5m scorpion is no more outlandish! 76.111.8.39 (talk) 19:39, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Otto Jaekel's pterid from the Rhineland." Pterid as in Eurypterid (fin? wing? claw? spine? telson? got me). --Wetman (talk) 06:40, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Jaekelopterus" 

message: Someone needs to write a stub on this Early Devonian formation, using whatever is the most common term for it. Is it the Klerf Formation or the Willwerath Lagerstätte?--Wetman (talk) 06:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Lagerstätte

message: Aside from its length, Arthropleura is not really the largest arthropod ever, and is certainly smaller than the likes of Pterygotus.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.74.208.248 (talk) 05:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Arthropleura

message: I tagged out the current wording for a reason.  The name doesnt actually mean "Jaekels wing, its derived from it.  Taxonomic name don't ever have a vernacular meaning in the way that the sentence is structured, and you never see etymology sections in research papers wording it that way.  We should be giving the etymology as its worded in the reputable paleontology literature, eg that the name is a patronym honoring Jaekel and and the Greek work "pterus" meaning wing.--Kevmin § 16:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: While I think that is quite unnecessary, as (like I said) the "means" wording is used in other Paleontology articles, such as the Featured Nigersaurus article, I can change it to some properly worded etymology, yes. I am going to have to revert your tagging out of the wording first though, since it somehow causes problems with citation #8 (no idea why that happens). Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: If we look at more popular, yet somewhat technical books, like Darren Naish's "The Great Dinosaur Discoveries", we do get wording such as "in 1970 Welles named it Dilophosaurus, meaning "double-crested lizard"" (page 95). It could be argued that Wikipedia should reflect works intended for laymen rather than for professionals. FunkMonk (talk) 10:22, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: To be honest the wording is a rather minute detail in this case and I think either works. Readers could potentially be confused by the current one but I think it is still quite clear what the name means. Ichthyovenator (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

text: The thing is that we shouldnt be perpetuating the false idea that neolatin terms "mean" something/anything in English, and I would say that "Dilophosaurus, meaning "double-crested lizard"" is most likely totally false, since the type description doesnt at all say that, but gives the etymology as the break down of the roots used in the name combination.--Kevmin § 00:31, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm, I think it would be a bit self-defeating to try to be even more correct than respected paleontologists (even if it is "technically" wrong). For Wikipedia's purposes, as long as we have precedents in books written by professional paleontologists, it can act as an accepted standard. Thomas R. Holtz has a dinosaur genera list in the back of his 2007 book, with a column called "meaning" that translates the names. Michael Benton writes "Dinosauria (meaning "fearfully great reptiles")" in the 2000 Scientific American book of Dinosaurs, which is pretty technical. Dougal Dixon says "Ankylosaurus means fused reptile" in his 1993 book. The list could probably go on, and that's only from my own, limited "library". FunkMonk (talk) 22:32, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name means xxx 

message: Is Simon J. Braddy American?Lacunae (talk) 20:53, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, he's British. Fixed! Ichthyovenator (talk) 22:16, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Braddy American?