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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The suffix “saurus” means giant lizard. While many dinosaurs aren’t technically lizards, when they were first discovered science wasn’t as advanced as it is today. We don’t have giant lizards alive anymore, which is why we don’t have -saurus animals now.
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