Taxonomy Correction

[Mjmannella]

During the DLC livestream, I noticed a particular taxonomic error in the UI.

Frontier UI devs, Pteranodon is not a dinosaur; pterosaurs are separate groups of reptiles from dinosaurs.
To add to this:

Muttaburrasaurus has been called a Hadrosaur for over a year and a half now, with no signs of it being corrected; they're rhabdodontids, which are a separate kind of Iguanodont from hadrosaurs. It should be redefined as an Iguanodont, as that is much more taxonomicly correct.

If there's any other taxonomic errors in the game, please post them here!

 

[Leopard Lobbyist]

The issue w/ Mutta is obscure enough that I can kind of forgive it but listing Pteranodon as a dinosaur is like the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me. I hope it's adjusted before launch.

 

[LordTrilobite]

Note that Hadrosaurs/Hadrosauridae are a subset of highly derived Iguanodontians. They are not separate groups.
Though it's not a big problem, having both Hadrosaurs and Iguanodontians as separate groups in the game kinda suggests that they are different unrelated groups. The animals in the game we tend to call Iguanodontians are just the more primitive members of the whole family that don't particularly have that much to do with each other as they do not form a monophyletic group themselves separate of Hadrosaurs.


But Muttaburrasaurus should indeed definitely be changed to Iguanodontian. And calling Pteranodon a dinosaur is just such a basic mistake it should really be fixed as well.