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Re: Daemonosaurus, new early theropod and other dino news

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Subject: Re: Daemonosaurus, new early theropod and other dino news
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:20:36 +1000
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On Wed, Apr 13th, 2011 at 11:06 AM, "bh480@scn.org" <bh480@scn.org> wrote:

> Some stories in the media:
> 
> New Ghost Ranch theropod Daemonosaurus. The official abstract in
> Proceedings of the Royal Society B has not been posted yet online.
> 
> http://www.livescience.com/13678-toothy-carnivore-dinosaur-rex-fossils.html

That article gives the etymology of Daemonosaurus as 'evil spirit reptile'. I 
thought the Greek 
term 'daemon' refered to intermediaries between humans and the gods?

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Dann Pigdon
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