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Dinosaurzzzz β€” Why is this name so hard to pronounce!?

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Published: 2018-04-03 14:21:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1392; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 3
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Description Sinusonasus magnodens was a troodontid from Cretaceous China with an oddly hard name to pronounce.

Skeletal used for reference is by Ville Sinkkonen.
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Galliraptor [2018-04-04 12:37:32 +0000 UTC]

And the meaning of the generic name was translated into "sinusoid nose" in Chinese for many years,even used in papers.Later discovered it was "wave nose".

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Dinosaurzzzz In reply to Galliraptor [2018-04-04 12:52:28 +0000 UTC]

Huh.

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Durusoraptor [2018-04-03 19:24:40 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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Dinosaurzzzz In reply to Durusoraptor [2018-04-03 19:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Philoceratops [2018-04-03 15:06:33 +0000 UTC]

sigh-noe-soe-NAY-suss

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Rahonavis70m [2018-04-03 14:22:53 +0000 UTC]

I beg your pardon?

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Dinosaurzzzz In reply to Rahonavis70m [2018-04-03 14:25:29 +0000 UTC]

It's Sinus... Sinusos... Sinusonass... Arghh!

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TroodonVet In reply to Dinosaurzzzz [2018-04-03 14:55:53 +0000 UTC]

screw it! the black haired (feathered) one! ELVIS!

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Dinosaurzzzz In reply to TroodonVet [2018-04-03 14:59:53 +0000 UTC]

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TroodonVet In reply to Dinosaurzzzz [2018-04-03 15:01:20 +0000 UTC]

haha bet ya' get itΒ 
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Philoceratops In reply to TroodonVet [2018-04-03 15:05:58 +0000 UTC]

From the Jurassic Park: The Lost World movie...

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