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Re: Who put the anus in zhaoianus?

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Who put the anus in zhaoianus?
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:17:48 +0100
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Tyrannosaurus rex and Edmarka rex for example. "rex" remains unchanged even if combined with a generic name of female gender.

(Actually... I should have thought of this 10 years ago... *Edmarka* and *Othnielia* can be queens, but they can hardly be kings. They should end in *regina*, not *rex*. The 1999 edition of the ICZN certainly doesn't care, though, and probably the earlier ones don't either.)

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- Re: Who put the anus in zhaoianus?
  - From: Markus Moser <dml_moser@web.de>

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