racermike
07-12-10, 01:55 AM
Yep, thats the name of a new dinosaur that a bunch of drunk scientists came up with.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1889847/mojoceratops_dinosaur_named_for_its_flamboyant_fri ll/index.html?source=r_science
Mojoceratops: Dinosaur Named For Its Flamboyant Frill
Posted on: Friday, 9 July 2010, 10:55 CDT
When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur's appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops.
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' " said Longrich, a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. "I tried to come up with serious names after that, but Mojoceratops just sort of stuck."
With the publication of Longrich's paper describing his find in the Journal of Paleontology, the name is now official.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1889847/mojoceratops_dinosaur_named_for_its_flamboyant_fri ll/index.html?source=r_science
Mojoceratops: Dinosaur Named For Its Flamboyant Frill
Posted on: Friday, 9 July 2010, 10:55 CDT
When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur's appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops.
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, ‘Wait — that actually sounds cool,' " said Longrich, a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. "I tried to come up with serious names after that, but Mojoceratops just sort of stuck."
With the publication of Longrich's paper describing his find in the Journal of Paleontology, the name is now official.