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velociraptor torosaurus irratator ankylosaurus saichania parasurolophus styracosaurus spinosaurus saltasaurus barosaurus hadrosaur triceratops iguanodon maisaura dilophlosaurus monophlosaurus and allosaurus
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoScientific tradition, mostly. Linnaeus was the first person to scientifically name organisms, and at the time the international language scientists used was Latin. Most scientists have continued the tradition into modern times, with several notable exceptions. For example, there is a therapod named "Irritator", an English word (the paleontologist who named it had bought it from a South American dealer who had glued several horns and whatnot onto the skull to make it look more impressive; the paleontologist then had a very hard and irritating time figuring out which parts were real). In another example, Fukuisaurus is named for the Fukui province of Japan where it was first discovered.
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∙ 15y agoAll their names are in Latin.Tyrannasaurus, Stegosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus etc...
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∙ 12y agoThey were probably named by a Latin scientist.
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Which 2 languages dinosauars names originate?
Greek and Latin. Dinosaur-words often mix the two languages together without much logic.
What plant eating dinosaur begins with the letter X?
Some dinosaur names are: xenoceratops, xenoposeidon, xenotausersaurous, xiosauraus, and xuanhuaceratops.
Where do dinosaurs long hard-to-pronounce names come from?
The word dinosaur is actually a prefix and a suffix,the prefix dino is Greek meaning large,the suffix saur,is latin meaning lizard.So dinosaur means large lizard.
What is the Latin name for an iguanodon?
Iguanodon is a genus of dinosaur with one currently accepted species. The scientific name, or Latin name, of this species is Iguanodon bernissartensis. Note that dinosaurs don't have "common" names. They are nearly always referred to by the name of their genus, such as Triceratops, Allosaurus, etc. One dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, is often referred to by its full Latin name, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Purple toy names?
Some toys that are purple are Barney the Dinosaur, stuffed animals, and some Furby's are purple.
How many dinosaur names are there?
a lot
When do you capitalize dinosaur names?
Yes.
What does the word dinosaur mean in latin?
dangerious lizard
What is the meaning of rex for a dinosaur?
Rex is latin for King
Why is that sometimes an element symbol is not the first letter of its name?
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
What is the Latin name for tornadoes?
Tornadoes do not have Latin names. The first documented tornado was in 1054, some time after the fall of the Roman Empire. Latin names are generally reserved for living organism anyway.
Why do some elements not have symbol that begin with their names?
They usually begin with the letter that starts their Latin name (E.G., "aurum" = gold = Au).
