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RE: Quilmesaurus

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> AM Yates
>
> > Jaime,
> >      Quilmesaurus is probably named after the city of Quilmes (a large
> > suburb of Buenos Aires) or the Quilme Indians (after which the city is
> > presumably named).
> >
>
> Or possibly Quilmes, the popular Argentinian beer (not a bad drop
> actually). I'm guessing there'd be a few of these on any field trip ;-)

>From my understanding, that is the correct allusion for this taxon name.

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