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Re: hesperasaurus
the right would be Hesperosaurus - Greek hesperos "evening, west, sunset".
----- Original Message -----
From: christian farrell kammerer <cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu>
To: Christopher Pearsoll <c_pearsoll@hotmail.com>
Cc: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: hesperasaurus
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Christopher Pearsoll wrote:
> > > The correct spelling is Hesperisaurus, and the exibit at the museum
> > didn't give a species name for it.
>
> Really? Are you sure? Because one might have expected a different vowel in
> that position (and not a, e, u, or sometimes y either.)
>
> -Christian Kammerer
>