Re: Hongshanornis longicresta

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>:

> This is rather a borderline case. One could argue that "cresta" is an 
> incorrect latinization, and ergo a valid name. On the other hand the 
> authors indicate that it is supposed to be a *latin* word, so You 
> could argue that it is an obvious misspelling and should be emended 
> to longicrista.

I don't know.  I don't hear a big groundswell of support for emending 
_Sinornithosaurus millenii_ to _S. millennii_ or _S. millenni_, even 
though this is (a) an obvious misspelling and (b) a borderline proper 
name, since the animal is named after *the* (transition between the 
second and third) millennium.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan