Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus (pengucapan: /əˌkiːloʊˈsɔːrəs, ˌækɪˌloʊəˈsɔːrəs/ ^[1] dinosaurus ceratopsid centrosaurine yang hidup selama Zaman Kapur Akhir yang sekarang disebut Amerika Utara, sekitar 74,2jt tahun yang lalu. Fosil pertama Achelousaurus dikumpulkan di Montana pada tahun 1987, oleh tim yang dipimpin oleh Jack Horner, dengan lebih banyak penemuan dibuat pada tahun 1989. Pada tahun 1994, Achelousaurus horneri dideskripsikan dan diberi nama oleh Scott D. Sampson ; nama generik berarti "kadal Achelous", mengacu pada dewa Yunani Achelous, dan nama spesifik mengacu pada Horner. Genus tersebut diketahui dari beberapa spesimen yang sebagian besar terdiri dari bahan tengkorak dari individu, mulai dari remaja hingga dewasa.

^ Creisler, B. (1999). "Beipiaosaurus and Caudipteryx pronunciation". http://dml.cmnh.org/1999May/msg00731.html. "This one has to be pronounced ak-e-LOH-uh-SAWR-us, NOT a-KEE-lo-SAWR-us, as I recall hearing. The name derives from Greek Akheloos (the two o's being pronounced separately), which Latin rules turn into Achelous (divided as a-che-lo-us, short e, long o and short u), again pronounced in four syllables with the accent on the next-to-last, that is the one with the long o. All sources I have checked indicate that ak-e-LOH-us is the accepted English pronunciation of the Latin name. Since the scientific name Achelousaurus was formed by arbitrarily combining Achelous and saurus instead of using the stem-form Achelo-, the "u" needs to pronounced."

[1] Creisler, B. (1999). "Beipiaosaurus and Caudipteryx pronunciation". http://dml.cmnh.org/1999May/msg00731.html. "This one has to be pronounced ak-e-LOH-uh-SAWR-us, NOT a-KEE-lo-SAWR-us, as I recall hearing. The name derives from Greek Akheloos (the two o's being pronounced separately), which Latin rules turn into Achelous (divided as a-che-lo-us, short e, long o and short u), again pronounced in four syllables with the accent on the next-to-last, that is the one with the long o. All sources I have checked indicate that ak-e-LOH-us is the accepted English pronunciation of the Latin name. Since the scientific name Achelousaurus was formed by arbitrarily combining Achelous and saurus instead of using the stem-form Achelo-, the "u" needs to pronounced."

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