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

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/2/99 7:27:19 AM EST, tholtz@geol.umd.edu writes:

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

Right. _Deinonychus_ and _Mononykus_ and other such names use the "onychos" 
root also, though spelled a bit differently from the way it's spelled in 
_Aetonyx_, _Baryonyx_, and _Gryponyx_. There's also an _Onychosaurus_, but 
it's >not< named for claws. Rather, it's named for the hooklike shape of some 
of its osteoderms. It's presently considered to be one of the numerous 
synonyms of _Struthiosaurus_.