The Linnaeus nomenclature system was instigated in the 18th C, Andrew, and has developed into the system we use today for providing scientific classification to organisms. It's not Latin any more, it's science. Most of the modern names have a Latin flavor but don't exist in the Latin language. It's not meant to be Latin, although some terminology has Latin derivatives as does a lot of our languages.
I was sarcastically suggesting that some dodo might mistake the skull in question for a real one. You know how gullible people can be.
It was, as usual, my poor sense of timing in delivering the punch line.
Now you can laugh!
Cheers
Tom