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Re: Latinate nomenclature for one-and-a-half

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Latinate nomenclature for one-and-a-half
From: Andreas Johansson <andreasj@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:18:30 +0100
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> wrote:
> We are all familiar with Cope's genera Monoclonius ("one root") and
> Diclonius ("two roots") -- but what would be the correct name for an
> animals whose teeth each had one and a half roots?
> Monoandahalfclonius, only in Latin?

Sesquiclonius



-- 
Andreas Johansson

Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

References:
- Latinate nomenclature for one-and-a-half
  - From: Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>

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