>Are you sure that Hannibal intended to honor Arnold Ortmann, rather than Californian paleontologist Ralph Arnold?<
I think Ralph Arnold was the honoree, though my copy of Hannibal is in my office and I won't be for a while. However, it might be a good ploy to try to get conservation funding if one tried to associate the name with another California Arnold...
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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