Song of the week, 10 November 2002:

Bully!

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Things change. Sometimes a name is just a name. Question authority.

In 1877, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh described the Apatosaurus. Later that year, he described Brontosaurus. It was a mistake, though - some time after Brontosaurus became well-known, it was determined that Bronto and Apatosaurus were the same species. Naming rights usually rest with the first confirmed report, so on a technicality the coolest dinosaur name became wrong.