Re: Don't leave the girls out (was FW: Dinosaur Exhibit)

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/2/99 1:18:47 PM EST, twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:

<< Don't forget _Paronychodon_ and _Euronychodon_, two rather unremarkable 
 genera named from their allegedly claw-like teeth. >>

The way this worked out, _Paronychodon_ was indeed named for curved, 
claw-shaped teeth, but _Euronychodon_ is simply _Paronychodon_ with "Euro" 
replacing the "Paro." It is thus closer conceptually to "European 
_Paronychodon_"--a name derived from another generic name, which has happened 
any number of times with dinosaurs (e.g., _Parasaurolophus_, _Iguanodon_, 
_Hypsilophodon_, _Sinocoelurus_, all of the genera ending in "ceratops" 
except their eponym _Ceratops_ itself, and so forth). (This suggests a cute 
project...)