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Re: questions on tetanurines & etymology

To: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: questions on tetanurines & etymology
From: Jeffrey Martz <martz@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:28:53 -0600 (MDT)
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> >Does anyone know the etymology for Kronosaurus; "krono-" is the problem.
> 
> I presume it is from Kronos (the Greek equiv. of Saturn): Titan, father of
> Zeus, who swallowed all the other of the first generation of Olympians
> before being slain by the infant Zeus, who "liberated" his siblings.

     Is this because pliosaurs have such big mouths?

LN Jeff
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- Re: questions on tetanurines & etymology
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