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RE: Brevitertius...AGAIN!
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Tommy Bradley
>
> Ray McAllister said:
> >brevitertius literally means a short third?
>
> So Im not the only one who thought it had something to do with a
> shortened
> third something-or-other.
Jaime's etymologizing to the contrary, I am almost positive that it does
parse out as "brevi-" and "tertius" and refers (if memory serves) to the
third pedal digit. I will check my copy out home (if memory serves... :-).
> Oh and I STILL have no clue who D. samueli is honoring.
>
> Can anyone help?
>From Parks (1928) "...and I have the pleasure of naming it for Mr. Sigmund
Samuel, a trustee and benefactor of the Royal Ontario Museum."
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland College Park Scholars
College Park, MD 20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/tholtz.htm
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/eltsite
Phone: 301-405-4084 Email: tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Fax (Geol): 301-314-9661 Fax (CPS-ELT): 301-405-0796