RE: Croc etymology

["Jean-michel BENOIT" <Jean-Michel.BENOIT@gemplus.com>]

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\uc1\pard\plain\deftab360 \f0\fs20\cf0 Here's the translation :\par
Derivatio nomibis : the genderic name comes from Mek, which means big land in Lifou (Loyautes islands dialect), and from Greek for crocodyle. The specific name is an allusion to the fact it is unexpected to find a crocodyle in New Caledonia.\par
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Jean-Michel\par
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From: Tracy L. Ford [mailto:dino.hunter@cox.net]\par
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From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of R.\par
Irmis\par
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:54 PM\par
To: abritton@wmi.com.au\par
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Subject: RE: Croc etymology\par
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Thanks for the citation, I'll get ahold of the paper.  GeoRef lists the\par
second citation, which is more likely, since there are multiple series of\par
C.R. Acad. Sci.\par
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Regards,\par
Randall Irmis\par
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Here's the etymology (ok, it's in French and I think I understand it)\par
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Derivatio nominis: le nom generique vient du mot Mek, qui dans la langue\par
Lifou (Loyautes) designe le Grande Terre, et du Grec (in Greek), crocodile.\par
Le nom specifique fait alustion au caractere inattendu de la presence d'un\par
Crocodilien en Nouvelle-Caledonie.\par
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So, I think it's the generic name is from the living language of Lifou\par
(Loyautes, a small island off the west coast of New Caledonia) (Which I\par
presume to be the native langue of the area? ok, I just took a stab at it)\par
and if anyone who knows French could please translate for us.\par
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Genus: Mekosuchus BALONET & BUFFETAUT, 1987\par
Etymology:\par
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Species: inexpectatus BALONET & BUFFETAUT, 1987\par
Etymology:\par
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Holotype: NCP 06 a NCP 40\par
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Locality: From Pindai Caves, New Caledonia, an Island off the cost of east\par
Australia.\par
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Horizon:\par
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Biostratigraphy:\par
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Age: Holocene, Uppermost Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.\par
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Material: Right dentary, teeth right jugal and quadratojugal, pterygoids,\par
left premaxilla, atlas and axis, caudal vertebra and dorsal vertebra.\par
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And the reference is...\par
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Balonet, J. G., and Buffetaut, E., 1987, Mekosuchus inexpectatus, n. g. n.\par
sp., Crocodilien nouveau de l'holocene de Nouvelle Caledonie: Compte rendu\par
hebdomadaire des seances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, seire 2, n. 14,\par
p. 853-856.\par
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Tracy L. Ford\par
P. O. Box 1171\par
Poway Ca  92074\par
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