Re: cymbospondylus

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

  Hail from Seattle,

Thomas de Wilde (jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com) wrote:

<C.petrinus (type) Leidy, 1868
 C.asiaticus Li & You, 2002
 C.buchseri, Sander,1989
 C.germanicus (nomen dubium?), von Huene, 1916
 C.natans (nomen dubium?) Leidy, 1868>

  _Petrinus_ refers to stone, of stone, petrified, or fossilized.
  _Asiatius_ refers to being from Asia.
  _Buscheri_ probably refers to David Buscher, but I may be wrong.
  _Germanicus_ means "German" or "of Germany."
  _Natans_ is the origin of "natal," as in _natalis_ and refers to
swimming ability.

<C.grandis ?= C.petrinus
 C.nevadanus ?= C.petrinus
 C.parvus ?= C.petrinus
 C.piscosus ?= C.petrinus>

  _Grandis_ means "great."
  _Nevadanus_ refers to Nevada, of Nevada.
  _Parvus_ means "small."
  _Piscosus_ refers to an abundance of fish, or "very fishy," in some
senses.

<Blezingeria ichthyospondyla>

  _Ichthyospondyla_ derives from _ichthys_, fish + _spondyla_, vertebrae,
refering to fish-like vertebrae.

  Cheers,

=====
Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making leaps 
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We should all 
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


        
                
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