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Re: More dinosaur-etymology
"Jaime A. Headden" wrote:
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> Mikko Haaramo (mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi) wrote:
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> <As such, I have little more names to cypher:
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> _Leaellynasaura amicagraphica_ Rich & Rich, 1989>
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> Literally, "well-written" or probably, "well-preserved," because of the
> preservation of casts of the endocranium in the type braincase.
Nope. It was named after the Friends of National Geographic club, who
helped in the fieldwork.
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