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Re: Goofy dinosaur names: (combined answer)

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Subject: Re: Goofy dinosaur names: (combined answer)
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:25:09 -0500
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Quoting "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>:

Well, there are so many non-lacertilian "-saurus" names that I think
the ending can safely be interpreted as "reptilian" (or "non-avialan
reptilian", perhaps--Avisaurus and Soroavisaurus excluded).


And, of course, _Basilosaurus_, though that was a case of mistaken identity.

--
Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

"Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity."
    --Edwin H. Land

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