Monkey, salmon, pelican, turtle, cobra, poodle, alligator, eagle, iguana, geraffe, rhinoceros….all have unique names that don’t follow any major sort of naming system. I realize these are the general names and not the true scientific names, but why are so many dinosaurs all named with saurus at the end?
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We don’t have common names for dinosaurs because there were never any humans who coexisted with them and needed a simple word to shout when one was right behind you. We just refer to them using their scientific names, which include “saurus” because of their resemblance to lizards. Lots of modern lizards also have “saurus” in their scientific names (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrhosaurus)
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