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Etymology of Ornithomimus sedens?

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Subject: Etymology of Ornithomimus sedens?
From: Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:43:49 -0500
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This came up in a chatroom discussion earlier tonight.  In Latin the word 
"sedens" means "seated," and the holotype of O. sedens is just the pelvic 
region.  However, I guessed that "se" could also be the prefix meaning "apart" 
or "on one's own," while "dens" means "tooth": roughly, one apart from teeth. 
 Did Marsh in 1892 know that ornithomimids were toothless, and could the double 
meaning be intentional?

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