RE: Don't leave the girls out (was FW: Dinosaur Exhibit)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Dinogeorge@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 9/1/99 9:32:43 AM EST, gbabcock@best.com writes:
>
> Sorry, _Scipionyx_ uses the Latinization of the Greek root
> "onychos," meaning
> "claw," and it is masculine. Other dinosaur names using this root include
> _Aetonyx_ and _Baryonyx_.

And, of course, _Deinonychus_ ("terrible claws").

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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