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Re: Caenagnathiformes (toothlessness)
In a message dated 1/28/02 8:20:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kinman@hotmail.com writes:
> I hope you weren't being serious.
Absolutely serious:
kain- 'recent'
a- 'not', 'without'
gnath- 'jaw'
-os animate (masc./fem.) singular of compound adjectives
> Why would Sternberg named the *jaw*
> he found the "recent jawless one"?
Haven't a clue. Maybe he was going for the meaning 'toothless'.
--Nick P.