Re: Diablosaurus Query [joke]

[zone65@bigpond.com]

On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 01:03  PM, Tommy Bradley wrote:

> I said:
> > Was "Diablosaurus" by any chance from the region of...HELL CREEK?!?! 
> > :-P
>
>
> To Which Tim Williams said:
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > Hey, how do you think _Stygimoloch_, _Stygivenator_ and _Bugenasaura 
> > > infernalis_ got their >>names?
> > >
> > > (For the first two, you have to plumb the depths of classical 
> > > mythology: River Styx = gateway to >>the Underworld.  "Infernalis" 
> > > is a little more obvious.)
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim
>
> Lets not forget _Charonosaurus_.  It was named after Charon, a 
> character of Greco-Roman mythology who ferried souls across the River 
> Styx into Hades.
>
> Not from Hell Creek, but still a nice chunk of Mythology :-D  Ecsept, 
> now I have "Come Sail Away" stuck in my head! :-P
>
> Tommy Bradley

And I can't shake 'Don't Pay the Ferry Man'!!

Was Stygimoloch also a Hell Creek denizen?

Peter Markmann