Sinornithosaurus pro-NUN-see-AY-shun

["Ralph W. Miller III" <gbabcock@best.com>]

Jaime A. Headden wrote:

>  Heh, just a bit of speculation, but with a very
> serious question behind it. Oh, to all interested in
> my site, I will be revising those feathered and
> colored page headers for the ovi taxa, given the more
> cassowary-type dinofuzz apparent on *Sinornithosaurus*
> (SIGN-or-nith-AH-sahr-us?).

Is this pronunciation correct?  I'm unaware of any dinosaur genus which
ends in "-saurus" (from the Greek "sauros," lizard) wherein the suffix
is pronounced as you propose.  It seems to me that there is always an
accent on the "saur" syllable, otherwise _Stegosaurus_ (STEG-uh-SORE-us)
would sound like _Stegoceros_ (ste-GOS-uh-rus), which would be very
confusing.  My guess for _Sinornithosaurus millenii_ would be
(sye-NOR-ni-thuh-SORE-us mih-LEN-ee-ie).

Corrections graciously accepted.

-- Ralph W. Miller III       gbabcock@best.com