Mamenchisaurus
Translingual
Etymology
From the Chinese Pinyin mǎ (马 'horse') and mén (门 'gate'), while chi is a transliteration of xī (溪 'stream' or 'brook'), combined with the suffix -saurus (from Greek sauros meaning 'lizard'). It was intended to name the reptile after the place where its fossil was first found — a construction site next to the Mǎmíngxī (马鸣溪) Ferry Crossing by the Jinsha River (金沙江, the westernmost major headwater stream of the Yangtze River), near Yibin (宜宾) in Sichuan Province of China. However, due to an accentual mix-up by Young, the location name Mǎmíngxī (马鸣溪 'horse-neighing brook') was mistaken as Mǎménxī (马门溪 'horse-gate brook').
Proper noun
Mamenchisaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mamenchisauridae – a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, with an exceptionally long neck, which lived during the Jurassic period.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Reptilia - class; Saurischia - order; †Sauropodomorpha, †Sauropoda - clades
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