Re: Haplocheirus, the alvarezsauroid that looked normal

[Saint Abyssal <saint_abyssal@yahoo.com>]

--- On Fri, 1/29/10, T. Michael Keesey <keesey@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: T. Michael Keesey <keesey@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Haplocheirus, the alvarezsauroid that looked normal
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 1:19 AM
> On a minor note, given all the
> grousing we do on this list about new
> dinosaurs' names, I have to say I rather like this one.



So do I. Not so much with the new New Mexican tyrannosauroid, whatever you call 
it. At least the authors gave it a pronunciation guide, though, or I'd never be 
able to get it. Not that any of this takes away how much of a cool beastie it 
is, obviously.