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Re: Suuwassea (was Re: New Sauropod)

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Suuwassea (was Re: New Sauropod)
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 21:43:26 -0400
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Quoting David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:

> > For those who are curious, the genus name
> > _Suuwassea_ is derived from *suuwassa*,
>
> ...and the extra e seems to be there to produce a classic -ia ending. Quite
> confusing.

I assumed it was just the Latin adjective formant -eus, -a, -um.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

References:
- New Sauropod
  - From: Mickey Rowe <rowe@psych.ucsb.edu>
- Suuwassea (was Re: New Sauropod)
  - From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
- Re: Suuwassea (was Re: New Sauropod)
  - From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>

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