| 释义 |
- Fossils
- Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs
- References
{{Year nav topic5|1763|paleontology|science}}{{Year in paleontology header|1763}}Fossils- The end of a Megalosaurus thighbone, previously misinterpreted by Robert Plot to be the remains of an elephant brought to Britain by the Romans, is subject to further confusion when Richard Brookes publishes a paper naming it Scrotum humanum. Although he meant this name metaphorically to describe the bone's appearance, this idea is taken seriously by French philosopher Jean-Baptiste Robinet, who believed that nature formed fossils in mimicry of portions of the human anatomy- such as the scrotum.[1]
DinosaursNewly named dinosaurs | | | Name | Status | Authors | Notes |
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ScrotumNon-Linnaean name | Possible synonym of Megalosaurus. | |
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References1. ^{{cite book| last = Farlow| first = James O.|author2= M. K. Brett-Surmann| title = The Complete Dinosaur| publisher = Indiana University Press| year = 1999| location = Bloomington, Indiana| pages = 5| isbn = 0-253-21313-4}}
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