Lambeosaurus & The Number One Naming Taboo
Lambeosaurus was named by William Parks (a famous Canadian scientist who has his own dinosaur named after him, Parksosaurus) after Lawrence Lambe, the man who originally discovered the dinosaur.
The rule of thumb in palaeontology is you can name a dinosaur after just about anything you want, except yourself. Someone else has to do that for you!
Written by @kironcmukherjee. Last update: April 14th, 2014.
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