Re: Thoracosaurus (crocodiliform [?]) unveiled at Drexel University on Thursday

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Jean-Michel Benoit <s.aegyptiacus@wanadoo.fr>:

> hello latino-greek fluent listmembers
> how come that "Thoracosaurus
> neocesariensis", translates to "New Jersey crocodile"
> I don't see any clew in the name, apart from Saurus (saurian, reptile),
> Neo(new) and Cesar or which I have no idea it comes from (No roman emperor
> in NJ...)..

I see Jaime's already covered the "neocesariensis" part.  The 
translation of "thoracosaurus" as "crocodile" is just a mistake.  It 
means "chest lizard" or "breastplate lizard".

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan