RE: Pyroraptor olympus

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Craven, David" <David.Craven@bolton.gov.uk>

> Does anybody know why Pyroraptor olympus was given that name? I know what 
> it
> means and the mythological story of fire being stolen from Mt. Olympus, but
> why ascribe it to a dinosaur?

The etymological definitions from the description...

Pyroraptor: "From Greek pyros, fire and Latin raptor, thief, alluding to the 
fact that this new, agile small theropod has been discovered after a 
forestfire."

Olympius: "From Latin olympius, from Olympus. The specific name makes an 
allusion to the Mont Olympe (Provence) at the foot of which is situated the 
new locality."

Hope that helped.

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

Paleoart website: http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/
AIM: jslice mallon

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