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Re: Saurus plurals



Thomas Holtz wrote:

>>Does anyone know the correct way to pluralize the dinosaur names that
>>end with "saurus"?
>
>Okay, the plural of "-saurus" would be "-sauri".

This does remind me, how come Horner chose _Maiasaura_ as opposed (and
expected) to _Maiasaurus_? Is this a gender thing, or whatever?


Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines