Re: Copenhagen Mamenchisaurus

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> <SNIP> "Mamenchisaurus literally means "Mamenxi lizard," and refers to the
area near Sichuan, China, where the first known fossilised specimen was
uncovered in 1954 by Chinese paleontologist C.C. Young (Yang Zhong Jian)."

Qi, not xi. (Pronounced the same with a t in front... in case this helps...
:-] )

> "The longneck is on loan from a museum in Ljubjana, Slovenia. All of the
bones and vertebra are made from fiberglas, but are direct copies of the
1954 original."
>
> Ljubjana is of course the site of the 2005 SVP meeting.

What? Ljubljana (two lj -- lj is a, um, modified l)? Really? :-9