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The term was coined in 1842 by English biologist Sir Richard Owen. The name dinosaur literally means “terrible lizards”, which we can safely say is a pretty fair description (at least in most cases). It comes from two Greek words: deinos, a name that means “terrible”, and saurus, which means lizard.
As for the individual species, they were named in different ways. Often, dinosaurs are named for a distinctive characteristic. Baryonyx means heavy claw. Corythosaurus means helmet lizard. Tyrannosaurus means tyrant lizard ― you get the point. Other times, they’re named after the place where the first fossil was found, like Albertasaurus (from Alberta, Canada).
Before we start looking into individual species and their names, there are a few other Greek roots that can help you better understand dinosaur names.
?Draco: from Rakon ? means Dragon;
?Hippos: from Hippos ? means Horse;
?Hydro: from Hydro ? means Water;
?Ortho: from Orthos ? means Straight, Right, or Upright;
?Macro: from Makros ? means Large;
?Micro: from Mikros ? means Small;
?Mega: from Megas ? means Huge;
?Morph: from Morph ? means Shape;
?Poly: from Polys ? means Many.
The term was coined in 1842 by English biologist Sir Richard Owen. The name dinosaur literally means “terrible lizards”, which we can safely say is a pretty fair description (at least in most cases). It comes from two Greek words: deinos, a name that means “terrible”, and saurus, which means lizard.
As for the individual species, they were named in different ways. Often, dinosaurs are named for a distinctive characteristic. Baryonyx means heavy claw. Corythosaurus means helmet lizard. Tyrannosaurus means tyrant lizard ― you get the point. Other times, they’re named after the place where the first fossil was found, like Albertasaurus (from Alberta, Canada).
Before we start looking into individual species and their names, there are a few other Greek roots that can help you better understand dinosaur names.
?Draco: from Rakon ? means Dragon;
?Hippos: from Hippos ? means Horse;
?Hydro: from Hydro ? means Water;
?Ortho: from Orthos ? means Straight, Right, or Upright;
?Macro: from Makros ? means Large;
?Micro: from Mikros ? means Small;
?Mega: from Megas ? means Huge;
?Morph: from Morph ? means Shape;
?Poly: from Polys ? means Many.
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