Re: Any images of _Scipionyx samniticus_ on the web already...?

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>]

At 01:53 AM 3/29/98 PST, Jaime Headden wrote:
><How do we pronounce its name?>
>
>The Italian way: sh*p-pee-ah-nix saam-nee-tih-kus
>                 *= cross between "ih" and "ee"
>                    say aa as in "Sam" or "Spam"
>The Latin way: skee-pih-ahn-ix sahm-nee-tih-kus
>           or: skih-pee-ahn-ix         "

   This is an excerpt of what will appear in the Dinosauria Name
Translation and Pronunciation guide:

<I><B>Scipionyx</B></I> Dal Sasso & Signore 1998 "Scipio's claw"
sip-ee-ON-iks (Scipio (an ancient Roman family name from Lat. <I>scipio</I>
"staff, stick") + Gr. <I>onyx</I> "claw") (m)


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