Talk:Futalognkosaurus

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New fossil[edit]

Most complete new giant dinosaur found in Patagonia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.13.96.173 (talk) 23:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Auto writes. It looks like a sauropod. I suppose it is a sauropod. Can we assume - it is not stated - that it had a (very broadly) sauropod lifestyle? Auto wrote 2036Z 20170603. 86.176.211.98 (talk) 20:37, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious name[edit]

I know this has been reported in various respected media, but the name seems oddly like 'Fut a log nk -osaurus' to me, or 'What a long neck -osaurus'. Am I the only one to think this? My calendar doesn't say April 1st, but my conspiracy meter is firmly in the Piltdown category. Don't suppose anyone speaks Mapudungun and can confirm this translation? Dutpar 07:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LOL, didn't realize that. Seems a bit weird indeed. Wouldn't be the first joke in a species name, although it's played over the backs of the Mapuche in that case... Jalwikip 07:33, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's real, although verging on unpronounceable if you're trying to sound it out; apparently, the word at fault is "lognko" which is more usually spelled "longko". The dinosaur was known under the informal name "Futalongkosaurus", which is even closer to a pun, so maybe that's why the alternate spelling was used when it came time to officially name it. J. Spencer 12:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a Spanish-Mapudungun-dictionary: http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Erehue/lang/gloss.html -- you'll find both "füta = grande" and "longko = cabeza, jefe". Don't know where the "gn"-spelling comes from. With such a silly name, I had actually prefered a pun. (Actually it's the same language as the quite recently discovered carnivore Mapusaurus got it's name in, "mapu" = earth.) Hexmaster 13:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I'm guess I'm convinced. Kudos to Hexmaster for finding an online Mapudungun dictionary though - truly all knowledge is on t'net! Dutpar 09:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the newspaper Der Standard (Austria) they tell more or less the same. The first part of the name ist taken from the language of the Mapuche [...] meaning more or less "huge chief of dinosaurs". The second part (they call the dinosaur "Futalognkosaurus dukei") of the denomination is derived from the organistion "Duke Energy Argentina" that sponsored the excavation. --Man77^talk 08:26, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Date?[edit]

Wikipedia says it was found in 2004, but it's currently (Oct 2007) in the news. Was it first discovered in 2004, and dug out in three years, or what? Jalwikip 07:21, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was found years ago and briefly reported, but only fully described now. J. Spencer 12:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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