Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide Y
Ben Creisler
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Yaleosaurus von Huene 1932 "Yale (University) lizard"
YAY-lo-SAWR-us (Yale + Gr. sauros "lizard") (m) named for the Yale Peabody Museum, where the specimen was kept. [= Anchisaurus]
Yandusaurus He 1979 "Salt Capital lizard"
YEN-DOO-SAWR-us (Chin. yan "salt" + Chin. du "capital"+ Gr. sauros "lizard")* (m) named for Yandu "Salt Capital," a former name for the Zigong municipality, Sichuan Province, in the historically important salt-mining district of China where the fossil was found. Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae M. Jur. China
Yangchuanosaurus Dong, Chang, Li & Zhou 1978 "Yongchuan County (China) lizard" [Yongchuanlong]
YAHNG-CHWAHN-o-SAWR-us ("Yangchuan" [for Yongchuan (Chin. yong "long, perpetual" + chuan "river")] + Gr. sauros "lizard") (m) named for Yongchuan [Yungchwan, Yung-ch'uan] County, Sichuan Province, China, where the fossil was found. Theropoda Carnosauria Allosauridae. L. Jur. China
Yaverlandia Galton 1971
ya-vuhr-LAN-dee-a (f) (Yaverland (from Old English eofor "boar" + land = "land where boars are kept") + -ia) named for the Yaverland Battery, near where the fossil was found on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, England. Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae E. Cret. Eur.
Yimenosaurus Bai in Bai, Yang & Wang 1990 "Yimen lizard"
yee-MUHN-o-SAWR-us (Chin. Yimen + Gr. sauros "lizard") (m) named to indicate a medium-sized prosauropod found in Yimen County, Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan Province, southern China (Early Jurassic, Fengjiahe Formation, Yimen Basin). Known from two partial skeletons (YXV8701, YXV8702), including parts of a skull and lower jaw. The skull is unusually deep and short, similar to that of primitive sauropods in outline, with spoon-shaped teeth. Three sacral vertebrae; humerus 3/5 length of femur, tibia 2/3 length of femur. Estimated total length about 9 m. (30 ft.). The authors classify Yimenosaurus in the family Plateosauridae, but the limb proportions and unusual skull suggest more study is needed. (Ref.: Bai, Yang & Wang, 1990. A new genus of prosauropod from Yimen, (Yuxi region) Yunnan Province. Yuxi Cultural Organization [Yuxi Wen Tuan] 1: 14-23.)
Type Species: Yimenosaurus youngi [YUHNG-ie] Bai in Bai, Yang & Wang 1990: to honor Chung Chien Young [Yang Zhongjian] (1897-1979), noted Chinese paleontologist. Prosauropoda (?)Plateosauridae Early Jurassic China [added 10/99]
Yunnanosaurus Young 1942 "Yunnan (China) lizard"
YOON-NAHN-o-SAWR-us (Yunnan + Gr. sauros "lizard") (m) named for Yunnan Province, China, where the fossil was found. Prosauropoda Yunannosauridae E. Jur. China
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