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Re: Re : Re: oldest sauropod found



Quoting Aegyptiacus@aol.com:

> Hello list
> just for my own knowledge, what does Antetronipus ingenipes mean? (new names
> are harder to translate than old-fashionned *saurus =;)
> Thanks in advance
> Jean-Michel

Antentonitrus:

Anten '? (perhaps location where found?)' + tonitrus 'thunder'

ingenipes (should be "ingentipes"):

ingent- 'giant' + pes 'foot'

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan