RE: Adamantisaurus, new titanosaur in January 2006 Palaeontology

[tholtz@geol.umd.edu]

> _Adamantisaurus_ huh?  Can't wait to find out the origin of that name.
> The
> fictitious material X-Man Wolverine's claws are made of?  I doubt it. :-)
> "Before Adam lizard?"  Not bloody likely.

Presumably "diamond lizard". Adamant = diamond. Hence, adamantium = a
fictional remarkably strong metal.

Happy New Year, everybody!

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
        Senior Lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
        Mailing Address:
                Building 237, Room 1117
                College Park, MD  20742

http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/eltsite
Phone:  301-405-4084    Email:  tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Fax (Geol):  301-314-9661       Fax (CPS-ELT): 301-405-0796