[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

RE: _Protoceratops hellinikorhinus_


-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry D. Harris [mailto:dinogami@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:48 AM
To: dino.hunter@home.com; Dinogeorge@aol.com
Subject: _Protoceratops hellinikorhinus_

>From JH

     Since the list seems to be having some discussion on the etymology of
the species name in the new _Protoceratops_, here's how the authors of the
paper broke it down:

hellenikos (Gk.), relative to ancient Greece
rhis (Gk.), nose; with its elevated and angular snout, this species has some
kind of Greek profile.

   I have no clue what a "Greek" profile is supposed to look like,
particularly an ancient Greek one...

Tracy L. Ford
P. O. Box 1171
Poway Ca  92074