Re: More questions on species names

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Dino Rampage" <dino_rampage@hotmail.com>

> 1) _Avaceratops lammersorum_ or _A. lammersi_?
> 2) _Utahraptor ostrommaysorum_ or _U. ostrommaysi_?
> 3) _Bambiraptor feinbergorum_ or _B. feinbergi_?

For what it's worth, I would assume the specific epithets ending in "-orum" 
to be right.  In most cases, they're grammatical corrections made by the 
likes of DinoGeorge, taking into account the plural etymologies of the 
names.

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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