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Dinosaur names (or, more specifically, their scientific names) are derived from Latin root words and can mean any number of things:
- A behavior it may have had, (e.g. Tyrannosaurus rex, from Tyrannus-"Tyrant", Sauros-"lizard/ reptile", and Rex-"King")
- A special feature in the fossils, (e.g. Deinonychus antirrhopus, from Deinos-"Terrible", -Ochus- "claw", and antirrhopus-"Counterbalancing")
- Where it was found (e.g. Edmontosaurus regalis, from Edmonton (a province in Canada), Sauros- "lizard/reptile", and regalis-"royal")
- The Person who discovered it (e.g. Othnielia rex, from Othniel Charles Marsh, and rex-"king")
This method of naming is actually derived from the scientific classification of animals living today. In most zoos, the markers near an animal's exhibit includes the animal's Popular name followed by its latin name. (For example: African Lion-Panthera leo) In the case of the dinosaurs, they were only discovered after this system came into use, meaning that common names haven't necessarily become as common as their scientific names, so the latter became more popular.
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Where do dinosaurs gets their names?
It depends which types of names you mean, dinosaur means terrible lizard whereas most of their names come from other languages and describe their charicteristics and personalities
The names of the dinosaurs?
Sinornithosurus was one of them.
What are the names of prehistoric animals?
dinosaurs
How dinosaurs get their names?
The paleontologists who found them named them.
What are the names of meat eating dinosaurs?
carnivores
What are names of meat eaters dinosaurs?
Carnivores
What are names of dinosaurs are herbivores?
plant eaters
What are the names of bipedal dinosaurs in the cretaceous era beginning with a?
Some bipdeal dinosaurs from the Cretaceous with names beginning in "A" include: Achillobator Austroraptor Adasaurus Atrociraptor
What are the names of the baby dinosaurs in ice age 3 dawn of the dinosaurs?
Yolko, Shelly, and Eggwardo
What were the names of the first dinosaurs that contributed to the study of the dinosaurs?
Two of the earliest dinosaurs to be named were the Iguanodon (a plant-eater) and Megalosaur (a meat-eater).
What are the names of the dinosaurs that only eat plants?
herboviores
What are the names of the extinct species?
dinosaurs and many more
