Etymology of _Megapnosaurus_: Big Dead Lizard

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

Ah, well...

Had the word from Ivie.  The etymology is Greek megas (big), apnoos (dead),
and sauros
(lizard).

Well, I suppose it looks big to an entomologist... :-)

I did check out the BIOSIS taxonomic name database:
http://www.biosis.org/triton/indexfm.htm
And searched on Syntarsus.  Both the beetle and the coelophysid popped up.
Unfortunately, there wasn't some 1923 version of Megapnosaurus.

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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