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	Dailies » Blog Archive » Thagomizer, via Wikipedia
		The thagomizer is the arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tail of particular dinosaurs, like the famous Stegosaurus, in the clade Stegosauria.
		Whatever was the original word for the stegosaurus' spiked tail, if it indeed ever had one, "thagomizer" has, since the Far Side publication, been adopted as a genuine anatomical term, and is used by multiple palaeontological authorities, including the Smithsonian Institution.
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	Thagomizer - Information, Resources, Links and Reference
		The thagomizer, or tail spikes, is an arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of particular dinosaurs of the clade Stegosauria, of which Stegosaurus stenops is the most familiar.
		The tail arrangement is believed to have been a defensive weapon against predators.
		The term "thagomizer" was coined by Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side comic strip, in which a group of cavemen in a faux-modern lecture hall are taught by their caveman professor that the spikes were named for "the late Thag Simmons".
	www.cyberpedia.net /info.php?title=Thagomizer (525 words)

	The word: Thagomizer - dinosaurs - 08 July 2006 - New Scientist
		With its name taken from a Farside cartoon, the Thagomizer is the fearful looking clump of spikes at the end of a stegosaurus's tail
		A humerus is a humerus, whether it's in a chicken wing, a walrus flipper, the massive front leg of a brachiosaurus or our own upper arm.
		A few animals evolve bones that look different enough to earn their own distinct name, like the thagomizer, the fearful-looking cluster of spikes on the end of a stegosaur's tail.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/life/dinosaurs/mg19125592.200-the-word-thagomizer.html (301 words)

	Glossary T @ Planet Dinosaur
		Thagomizers are the pairs of long, sideways-pointing tail spikes located at the end of Stegosaurus' tail.
		The word thagomizer is taken from a Far Side cartoon (written by Gary Larson) in which a caveman character is explaining in a lecture that the spiky tail of a Stegosaurus is called the thagomizer, named for the late Thag Simmons.
		Thalassomedon (meaning "lord of the seas") was a plesiosauroid plesiosaur (not a dinosaur, but an extinct marine reptile from the Mesozoic Era that lived in the open oceans and breathed air).
	planetdinosaur.com /glossary/t.htm (5430 words)

	Stegosaurs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They had no thagomizers - fore or aft.
		The second problem is that the thagomizer is located on the part of
		John Paul Jones materials a remotely controlled thagomizer should be considered.
	www.logovox.com /Stegosaur.htm (957 words)

	spurgeonblog: Scientists embrace the Thagomizer
		You ever wonder what that thing with all of the pointy spikes on the end of a Stegosaurus is called?
		Paleontologists needed to come up with an agreed upon term for it, and (as reported in New Scientist), it looks like they adopted thagomizer, in honor of a cartoon that Gary Larson drew back in 1982.
		There's no official governing body for dinosaur anatomical nomenclature (the way there is for, say, the names of newly discovered moons), but the term thagomizer is being used in journal articles, in dinosaur reference books, and (coolest of all) on the sign next to the Smithsonian Institution's stegosaur fossil display.
	www.spurgeonworld.com /blog/archives/2006/07/scientists_embr.html (180 words)

	Palaeos Vertebrates: Glossary Ta - Th
		In paleontology, the "repeating pattern" part is frequently ignored and any surface made up of small, congruent polygonal pieces is said to be tessellate.
		Thagomizer: this started out as a Far Side joke, but has now more or less become a part of the serious anatomical literature.
		The thagomizer is the, otherwise difficult to describe, collection of spikes at the end of a stegosaurid's tail.
	www.palaeos.com /Vertebrates/Lists/Glossary/GlossaryT.html (926 words)

	Movies - Stegosaurus
		It is among the most easily identifiable dinosaurs, due to the distinctive double row of kite-shaped plates along the animal's back (the basis for its scientific name) and the long spikes on its tail (referred to as the thagomizer).
		Stegosaurus was the largest stegosaur, reaching up to 12 meters (40 feet) in length and weighing up to 5,000 kg (5.5 short tons).
		Discoveries of articulated stegosaur armor show that, at least in some species, these spikes protruded horizontally from the tail, not vertically as is often depicted.
	listing-index.ebay.com /movies/Stegosaurus.html (804 words)

	Gary Larson - Salon
		One "Far Side" cartoon features some sort of caveman seminar with a lecturer explaining that the spiked tail-tip on a stegosaurus is called the "thagomizer," after the late Thag Simmons.
		It is reported that as of 1994 the museum at Dinosaur National Monument had a stegosaurus tail spike on display simply labeled "Thagomizer."
		(I have no problem with the thagomizer, though I am a little worried by the unscrupulous cow in the life raft who is detected by the other passenger in the act of sipping from a glass.
	dir.salon.com /story/people/bc/1999/12/21/larson/index.html?pn=2 (1150 words)

	The Thagomizer-This is great - SurfTalk
		The thagomizer is also called the tail spikes.
		The implication is that the Thagomizer was responsible for Thag's death.
		This is a comic anachronism on multiple levels; the use of slide projectors and surnames is overshadowed by the implication that cavemen co-existed with dinosaurs.
	www.stripersonline.com /surftalk/showthread.php?t=508797 (381 words)

	Bernie DeKoven's FunLog: Thagomizer
		My old friend Charles Parsons, a logophile (a lover of words, as defined in this collection of nynonyms) of the first water, so to speak, sent me an article from the July 8th issue of NewScientist in which the new paleontological word Thagomizer was defined.
		The tail is believed to be a defensive weapon against predators.
		Finding this conclusive affirmation of the power of comic mind, wherever it may so manifest, doth massage the very ventricles of my play-prone heart.
	deepfun.com /weblog/2006/07/thagomizer.html (199 words)

	Isegoria: Thagomizer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		What I didn't realize was that the term has been adopted by paleontologists:
		Whatever was the original word for the stegosaurus' spiked tail, if it indeed ever had one, "thagomizer" has, since the Far Side publication, been adopted as a genuine anatomical term, and is used by multiple palaeontological authorities, including the Smithsonian Institution.
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	www.isegoria.net /2006/07/thagomizer.htm (85 words)

	RE: Thagomizer
		The first usage of the term (outside of Gary Larson), as far as I know, was in a talk by Bob Bakker, in 1998*, while describing a hole in an allosaur bone, that he said just fit the spike of a stegosaur.
		He concluded that the allosaur had been hit by a Thagomizer.
		IIRC, he may have given the same speech (or similar) in the months prior to that event.
	dml.cmnh.org /2006Mar/msg00407.html (300 words)

	Bad Terminology in Local Paper - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I think they used it to bake the bread that one of the Mamas and the Papas choked on...
		There's a Far Side cartoon where a caveman is pointing to a drawing of the spikes on the tail of a stegosaur, saying that they call this part the Thagomizer, after the late Thag.
		Googling for thagomizer shows that it's actually entered the paleontologist's lexicon.
	www.bautforum.com /showthread.php?t=7109 (431 words)

	Stegadon at AllExperts
		It resembles a Triceratops, but has horns along it's neck frill like a Styracosaurus.
		In addition it's tail has a thagomizer on the end, like a Stegosaurus.
		Despite its appearance, the Stegadon is an Omnivore, meaning it will eat anything that happens to be in its way at the same time that it's hungry.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/st/stegadon.htm (228 words)

	Stegosaurus in popular culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gary Larson's The Far Side comic strip often used stegosaurs when he showed dinosaurs.
		The term "Thagomizer" originated as a joke from a Far Side comic strip, in which a group of cavemen in a lecture hall are taught by their caveman professor that the spikes were named in honor of "the late Thag Simmons".
		Whatever the original word for the spiked tail of Stegosaurus was, if it indeed ever had one, since the Far Side publication the term "thagomizer" has been adopted as a genuine anatomical term
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stegosaurus_in_popular_culture (877 words)

	Bernie DeKoven, funsmith: Thagomizer
		My old friend Charles Parsons, a logophile (a lover of words, as defined in this collection of nynonyms) of the first water, so to speak, sent me an article from the July 8th issue of NewScientist in which the new paleontological word Thagomizer was defined.
		Finding this conclusive affirmation of the power of comic mind, wherever it may so manifest, doth massage the very ventricles of my play-prone heart.
		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
	www.deepfun.com /weblog/2006/07/thagomizer.html (172 words)

	Bagelturf - Home Page
		Shining out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark
		So That's What A Thagomizer Is Interesting Stuff
		Thagomizer is the name given to the arrangement of spikes on a dinosaur's tail.
	homepage.mac.com /bagelturf/files/e4937c92fae8c315c753e1656d72f2f6-537.html (43 words)

	Kami of the Fearful Reptiles - Magic Deck Vortex Forums
		That hair curling at the top is a result of hastiness in editing: when the cookie crumbled it had to stay because I had to go to class.
		Generally, this is a rather old scan of a work in progress as I've continued by correcting that wonky left (hind)leg, applying generous texture, scales, dinofuzz, feathers, correcting the thagomizer and I say the terrible claw has to go: too clichée for my own good.
		PS: If lack of an offsite server is the cause for this subforum being slow use http://www.maj.com/ It's free and quite easy to use once you get the hang of it.
	www.magicdeckvortex.com /vbforums/showthread.php?t=255 (683 words)

	Crazy On Tap - A beautiful thing
		So every year the new paleontology students ask their professor: "Why is it called a Thagomizer?"
		So, the spikes on the end of a Stegosaurus' tail really ARE called "Thagomizers"?
		One can always count on Allan to restate the OP.
	www.crazyontap.com /topic.php?TopicId=7078 (344 words)

	The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Joey deVilla's Personal Weblog :: The Thagomizer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		If you're in your twenties or older, chances are that you've seen the
		comic shown on the left: the caveman slideshow in which the spikes on the tail of a stegosaurus are identified as the "Thagomizer", named in memory of an unfortunate caveman named Thag Simmons.
		comics are popular amongs nerds and scientists, I had no idea that the term "Thagomizer" had been adopted by paleontologists as an actual term.
	accordionguy.blogware.com /blog/_archives/2006/7/14/2119752.html (435 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Or at least not until you can > tell me what those Stegosaurus spikes thagomize and how.
		Sounds too > agentive for something that just sits there looking sharp and > pointed, even if I do like Gary Larson.
		The thagomizer cartoon is reprinted in "The PreHistory of the Far Side" (p.
	www.americandialect.org /americandialectarchives/mayxx95072.html (209 words)

	Stegosaurus at Animal Gifts Galore
		It is among the most easily identifiable dinosaurs, due to the distinctive double row of kite-shaped plates along the animal's back (the basis for its scientific name) and the four long spikes on its tail (referred to as the thagomizer).
		Its tail included four spikes, each about 2 to 3 feet long, an arrangement known as a thagomizer.
		The skull of Stegosaurus was long and narrow, and its head was carried close to the ground, probably no higher than 1 meter (3 feet).
	animalgiftsgalore.com /stegosaurus.htm (843 words)

	Prehistoric Planet Store - Replica fossils including dinosaurs like T. rex, Triceratops, and more!
		They may have also been used for protection or mating display purposes.
		Stegosaurus also had spikes at the end of its flexible tail (these are called thagomizers; they were named for a Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon in which a caveman is explaining that the end of a Stegosaurus' tail is called a thagomizer, named for the late Thag Simmons).
		These spikes were up to four feet long and were used for protection from predators; they pointed to the sides of the tail.
	www.paleoclones.com /item.php?item=838 (370 words)

	Geek Trivia: Quite a tail to tell
		What famous comic strip is responsible for coining the word thagomizer, which has since become the accepted scientific term for the spikes at the end of a Stegosaurus' tail?
		The Far Side, written by Gary Larson, has long been a favorite comic within the scientific community, so it should come as little surprise that one particular Far Side strip ended up coining a scientific term.
		Larson's thagomizer riff proved so popular that scientists began using it as verbal shorthand for this particular bit of dinosaur anatomy—paleontology slang, if you will—and eventually thagomizer became a formally accepted scientific term.
	articles.techrepublic.com.com /5100-10881_11-6105462-2.html (875 words)

	OnlyTzaras.com ® :: Tzaras & Galleries :: View Tzara
		(3/04/3145) -I think we should name that part of the Stegosaurusky the Thagomizer, after the late Thag Shimmons, tza"l.
		Let Thag's memory be a warning to our young children about the dangers of trying to make a parnassah instead of sitting at home learning.
		If, challilah, our children tell us they want to get a parnassah, or, rachmana litzlan, go to college and learn to make fire, all we need to say now is: "You want to get hit by a Thagomizer?
	www.onlytzaras.com /galleries/deaths/thag (167 words)

	Inskipp's Jedi Knight Training Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mitch, and Thagomizer and his daughter were there, and we had a lot of fun.
		Mitch, TheKid, Thagomizer, TheThomster, Zombie, JaketheSnake, and a new lanpartier, BobV.
		Next lan should be late May or early June, keep up to date on Venjure's forum.
	home.comcast.net /~inskipp/news.html (2709 words)

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