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With fossil, Donald Trump becomes 'permanent part of the scientific record'
Updated 1:32 pm CST, Tuesday, November 8, 2016
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania make their way to a rally at Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, days before the election.
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When a Seguin restaurant owner discovered a rare, new echinoid species, a kind of sand dollar, he looked no further than his favorite presidential candidate to find a name.
William Thompson, who is also a fossil hunter and author, told mySA.com he found five Tetragramma donaldtrumpi in the 110 million-year-old Glen Rose Formation, located just north of Canyon Lake, over the last two years.
Inspired by the Trump campaign, he made the decision 6 months ago to name the sea urchin variety after the Republican nominee.
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"(The fossil) was named to honor Donald Trump. The name will become a permanent part of the scientific record," he said. "Obviously, I'm probably voting for him. I want change [...] I'd love for him to change the world, or at least the politics of the United States."
Photo: Provided By William Thompson
William Thompson, who is also a fossil hunter and author, told mySA.com he found five Tetragramma donaldtrumpi in the 110 million-year-old Glen Rose Formation, north of Canyon Lake.
William Thompson, who is also a fossil hunter and author, told...
The discovery is one of the highlights of Thompson's work on his book, Fossil Echinoids of Texas, a photographic catalog of 237 species found in Texas.
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He described the new find as a small, round fossil.
"It is a beautiful clean specimen with projecting tubercles," Thompson added. "It's a lifesaver-shaped fossil, so maybe (Trump) will be a lifesaver in some areas."
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