`  :I'm not seeing anything in the Spanish Wikipedia about who discovered the fossils so I'm not sure what the basis of 160.39.212.104's statement is. The initial paper (J. I. Kirkland, B. B. Britt, S. Madsen and D. Burge. A Small Theropod from the Basal Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of Eastern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15(3), 39A 1995) does not include Whittle as an author but apparently the authors named the species Nedcolberti whittlei which suggests Whittle may have had a role (or was being honored). It would be helpful if someone would post any parts of that paper that mention Whittle - I don't have access to a JSTOR account.  `