Or, if the species is referred to a pre-existing genus. I don't have _Tsaagan mangas_ in mind, but I do worry about _Mei long_. What happens if _Mei long_ is referred to _Sinovenator_, for example; we would get _Sinovenator long_.
Well, there's some precedent for nouns as trivial epithets: _Apatosaurus ajax_, _Becklespinax altispinax_, etc.
-- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/