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Re: Name mix up



In a message dated 6/22/99 6:18:22 PM EST, megaraptor@geocities.com writes:

<< Is the last part of Utahraptor's name ostrommaysi or
 onstrommaysum? >>

Correctly, it's ostrommaysorum. "Orum" is the genitive plural ending for a 
species epithet that honors more than one person, at least one of whom is 
male.