# Scott 1975: Naming the Loch Ness monster

> Peter Scott, Robert Rines, 1975. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The high point of scientific engagement with the monster, based on the 1972…

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# Naming the Loch Ness monster

Peter Scott, Robert Rines, 1975. _Nature 258: 466–468_.

The naturalist Peter Scott and the lawyer and inventor Robert Rines, of the Academy of Applied Science, gave the animal they believed their underwater photographs showed a scientific name, Nessiteras rhombopteryx.

**Loch Ness** ArticleCopy of **[The Academy of Applied Science underwater "flipper" photographs (1972 and 1975)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/artifacts/ART0CRFXMJT3SFP/the-academy-of-applied-science-underwater-flipper)** doi: **[10.1038/258466a0](https://doi.org/10.1038/258466a0)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The high point of scientific engagement with the monster, based on the 1972 and 1975 underwater photographs.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[The Academy of Applied Science underwater "flipper" photographs (1972 and 1975)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/artifacts/ART0CRFXMJT3SFP/the-academy-of-applied-science-underwater-flipper)

ART

[The Academy of Applied Science underwater "flipper" photographs (1972 and 1975): document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/copies/CPY0CRFXP1P75M9/the-academy-of-applied-science-underwater-flipper)

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[Scott and Rines named the animal Nessiteras rhombopteryx on the basis of underwater photographs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXD8E4QMR/scott-and-rines-named-the-animal-nessiteras-rhombopteryx-on)

Evidence

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[Scott and Rines name the animal Nessiteras rhombopteryx in Nature](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/events/EVT0CRFX7WJ4JAG/scott-and-rines-name-the-animal-nessiteras-rhombopteryx-in)

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[Peter Scott](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/people/FIG0CRFX5Y25A03/peter-scott)

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[Robert H. Rines](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/people/FIG0CRFX5P81KP3/robert-h-rines)

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[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness)

The mystery article

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[Academy of Applied Science](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/organisations/ORG0CRFX7542PZ6/academy-of-applied-science)

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## Cite it

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Scott, P., & Rines, R. (1975). Naming the Loch Ness monster. Nature 258: 466–468. https://doi.org/10.1038/258466a0
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