like meds?? i cant even pronounce half of mine....I wish we gave dinosaurs common names
like meds?? i cant even pronounce half of mine....I wish we gave dinosaurs common names
If you break down their Greek names, they are rather apt.I wish we gave dinosaurs common names
cant even pronounce mosta those names!!! haha....*stressed diz*If you break down their Greek names, they are rather apt.
For example, Tarbosaurus means "Alarming reptile", alarming in the sense that it's awesome, btw, and its species name is "bataar" which is a misspelling of the Mongolian word "baatar" which means hero.
So you can make a literal case that Tarbosaurus bataar literally means "Awesome Reptile Hero."
You'll notice a few trends too. For example, all tyrannosauroids have names that are kingly.
Tyrannosaurus means "Tyrant Reptile" and its species name, rex, means "King."
Maniraptorans all have names referring to snatching or thieving.
Velociraptor means "swift snatcher/thief."
That said, some names are better than others. For example, when Utahraptor was discovered, the lead paleontologist wanted to call it "Dinoraptor" meaning "Terrible Thief" because it's about the size of a bear, which would have been an awesome, and apt, description of the animal.
But, the team wanted to name it after the state it was found in, thus, a really awesome and interesting animal got the really lame name of Utahraptor, meaning "Utah's Thief."
Just phonetically sound them out, and you'll be right more often than not.cant even pronounce mosta those names!!! haha....*stressed diz*
*On a tour at the museum*I wish we gave dinosaurs common names
Fun fact, a lot of T. rex specimens have fun names.*On a tour at the museum*
Tour guide: "And this dinosaur is Wilbert! Wilbert was alive during the Cretaceous period and stood at around 10 ft tall! Wilbert was incredibly vicious, at the top of the food chain in fact, and had a habit of tearing smaller dinosaurs limb from limb!"
no King???Fun fact, a lot of T. rex specimens have fun names.
We have:
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- Sue.
- Stan.
- Scotty.
- Samson.
- B-rex.
- Peck's Rex.
- Bucky.
- Jane.
- Queenie.
- Baby Bob.
- Tristan.
- And Black Beauty.
Well, the "King" name is its species name.no King???
very true or 'what a well mannered feline Theo is?!it's just weird that we refer to dinosaurs mostly by their genus but nobody goes around saying who's a good canis familiaris? yes you are!
it's just weird that we refer to dinosaurs mostly by their genus but nobody goes around saying who's a good canis familiaris? yes you are!