that while "Anomalocarid" is a widely used alternative spelling, the double "id" at the end is technically the correct form, for the reasons given in Xianguang, H.; Bergström, J.; Jie, Y. (2006), "Distinguishing anomalocaridids from arthropods and priapulids", Geological Journal 41 (3–4): 259, doi:10.1002/gj.1050.
I am an A level student in the dissapointingly unfossiliferous county of Cornwall. I have an interest in palaeontology and zoology; and hope that this blog will help to inform people and promote discussion(comments welcome)on this subject area. I previousley blogged on Jurassic Albatross; this blog contains some old stuff which I dont aggree with any more; you are welcome to have a look.
Wikipedia says that it is a very common mistake:
ReplyDeletethat while "Anomalocarid" is a widely used alternative spelling, the double "id" at the end is technically the correct form, for the reasons given in Xianguang, H.; Bergström, J.; Jie, Y. (2006), "Distinguishing anomalocaridids from arthropods and priapulids", Geological Journal 41 (3–4): 259, doi:10.1002/gj.1050.
I was surprised to find out it was a mistake too.