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RE: New Sauropod; also, oviraptorid brains



Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

(back in the before time, the long, long ago,
when "Stenonychosaurus" still roamed the literature).

And still might again... _T. formosus_ is a very precarious nomen, based as it is on isolated teeth.


_Suuwassea_ is a darn cool name. I have a soft spot for generic names based on indigenous culture and language: _Kakuru_, _Angaturama_ (which I wish could replace _Irritator_, rather than vise versa), _Jobaria_, _Citipati_, _Rahonavis_, _Piksi_, etc. Contrast these with clunky, stodgy Greco-Latin monikers like _Aberriatodontus_ and _Sinusonasus_.


Tim

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