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Re: Erliansaurus etymology



>   *Erliansaurus* derives from Erlian, a township in the southern Gobi
> Desert,

That's the same as Iren [Dabasu], right?

> Nei Monggol

Menggu.

> *E. bellamanus* derives from _bella_, Latin for beautiful,

Actually... in classical Latin, that's just "pretty". But Sereno et al.
didn't know that either.