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* ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'' is always spelled T-Rex in most media, despite the proper way to abbreviate it is ''T. rex''.
* ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'' is always spelled T-Rex in most media, despite the proper way to abbreviate it is ''T. rex''.
** Heck, messing up the format of genus and species is so common, it deserves a trope of its own. For the record, the genus (''Tyrannosaurus'') is capitalized, the specific name (''rex'') is not, and you always underline/italicize it.
** Heck, messing up the format of genus and species is so common, it deserves a trope of its own. For the record, the genus (''Tyrannosaurus'') is capitalized, the specific name (''rex'') is not, and you always underline/italicize it.
* For the record, dinosaurs are NOT lizards. They are both ''reptiles'', if one grants that reptile is actually a valid classification, but they are not the same thing. To put things in perspective, it would be like calling a human a "mouse" since both are mammals. Also, <s>recent</s> overwhelming long-overlooked evidence indicates that dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than lizards; in fact, as any paleontologist will do their best to get into your head, BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS.,<ref>Well, {{[http|//pterosaurnet.blogspot.com/2011/02/symplesiomorphy.html almost any]</ref> but those that disagree are not to be believed.}} Therefore, it would be more accurate to call a ''Tyrannosaurus'' an "overgrown chicken" rather than a "big lizard'.
* For the record, dinosaurs are ''not'' lizards. They are both ''reptiles'', if one grants that reptile is actually a valid classification, but they are not the same thing. To put things in perspective, it would be like calling a human a "mouse" since both are mammals. Also, <s>recent</s> overwhelming long-overlooked evidence indicates that dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than lizards; in fact, as any paleontologist will do their best to get into your head, ''birds are dinosaurs'',<ref>Well, [http://pterosaurnet.blogspot.com/2011/02/symplesiomorphy.html almost any].</ref> but those that disagree are not to be believed.}} Therefore, it would be more accurate to call a ''Tyrannosaurus'' an "overgrown chicken" rather than a "big lizard'.
** This, and the gorilla=monkey thing, is often more of a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] than of trying and failing to get the genus/family/whatever correct. It's easier to call something a monkey than it is to call it the Super Magnificent Hominid Ultra Gorilla Of Doom.
** This, and the gorilla=monkey thing, is often more of a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] than of trying and failing to get the genus/family/whatever correct. It's easier to call something a monkey than it is to call it the Super Magnificent Hominid Ultra Gorilla Of Doom.
*** Of course, [[Did Not Do the Research|a gorilla ''is'' a monkey]], as detailed in the link above.
*** Of course, [[Did Not Do the Research|a gorilla ''is'' a monkey]], as detailed in the link above.
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