Re: Re: List of Dinosaur Name Incorrectly Translated All-too-often

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>       ajax refers to the Gtreek hero , one in the Iliad! Must be a
>good reason to name it after him!

Wasn't Ajax a Trojan?

>       Diplodocus means "double beam" perhaps referring to the long neck
>and long tail.

NO!  Although a century of kids' books say this, it actually refers to the
structure of the chevrons.

>       brevitertius literally means a short third? Why?

Short third digit of the foot.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
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