Re: Dromaeosauridae names, please!

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/11/00 12:12:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Dinogeorge@aol.com writes:

> This is likely an incorrectly formed Latin group name that should be written
>  
>  <<"-ropid" --> "-ropida">>
>  
>  Any group name based on the root "ops" (meaning "face" or "eye") requires 
>  dropping the s before adding a suffix.

Well, you can actually get a well-formed "opsida" ending, if it is formed 
from an "opsis" ending, which is what I (charitably) assume for Theropsida 
and Sauropsida.  Actually, someone should go out and name a (ceratopsian) 
genus _Ceratopsis_, which would at least fix the problem with Ceratopsia, if 
not Ceratopsidae.

Nick P.