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Re: [dinosaur] Large bipedal crocodylomorph tracks from Cretaceous of Korea (free pdf)



> Carnufex is an alternate form of carnifex. Both existed in Latin usage. 
> Carnufex (also carnifex) was often used in Roman comedies as an insult. From 
> the Comedies of Terence:

Ah, thanks! I guess it's another "sonus medius" thing, and the f was labial 
enough for u to sometimes come out (as in documentum ~ docimentum, where 
likewise both are attested but the form with u won out).

> We preferred Carnufex over Carnifex, because the latter is the name of a 
> deathcore bandâ

Oh, that makes perfect sense, then! I do support making new names searchable. 
:-)