Yet More Name Changes
I am currently working on the family of antelope of the Metazoic, the Megalodorcids. In the process, I made some name changes along the way. Some of the names seemed too simple, and I got some ideas from a paper I saved about how to come up with scientific names. So, what I did was I changed some of the names of some of the animals. I wanted to make them sound like they would if the animals were around today, being named by the people of their native lands. So, this is what I came up with, partially thanks to some friends and Google Translate, LOL! Anatolopis is now Dakpil . Maxibos is now Kaela . Myodorcas is now Tziki . Also some more names have been updated... Minopileatus is now Sacouloforeas . Eopithecus is now Neadapis . Planodon is now Platodon . I just changed the spelling a little, it still means the same thing. These are some of the changes to the Megalodorcidae family. I also split some of the genera into sub-genera groups. For example, Megalodorcas now has been...