Throw out your Scientific Names

[E.D.G.E. (PainterRex)]

In response to the "Give the unnamed, a name" thread, this is a sister thread in which you throw out all the scientific names you've come up with for a hypothetical animal from the past, or just something you thought up.

You don't have to post your own if your a practicing scientist that wishes to keep their ideas to their own publications lol

Here's some of mine

Acanthalophosaurus- Thorn Crested Lizard (Horned Ceratosaurid)
Bagonyx- Small Claw (Spinosaur Ancestor/Dwarf Megaraptorid)
Biceratops- Two horned face (Ceratopsian)
Botanosaurus-  Plant Lizard (squamate, or Sauropod)
Boviceratops- Cow horned face (Ceratopsian)
Brontacanthosaurus- Thunder spine lizard (Spinosaur, acrocanthosaur)

[ZoPteryx]

Sounds fun!

Ardeaspinax magnificens - Magnificent Heron Spine (an elaborately sailed spinosaur)
Creuidactylus imperator - Emperor Maelstrom Hand (large seagoing pterosaur)
Ultimessor hellensis - Hell's Last Reaper (Hell Creek therizinosaur)
Gigachampsus thalasseus - Ocean-dwelling Giant Champsosaur
Dicoronatops scurrus - Jester Two-frilled Face (ceratopsid with a large cleft at the top of its frill)
Chorusaurus incessus - Marching Band Lizard (lambeosaurine hadrosaur)

[PaleoMatt]

Boreavenator - Northern Hunter

[Halichoeres]

In response to the "Give the unnamed, a name" thread, this is a sister thread in which you throw out all the scientific names you've come up with for a hypothetical animal from the past, or just something you thought up.

You don't have to post your own if your a practicing scientist that wishes to keep their ideas to their own publications lol

Here's some of mine

Acanthalophosaurus- Thorn Crested Lizard (Horned Ceratosaurid)
Bagonyx- Small Claw (Spinosaur Ancestor/Dwarf Megaraptorid)
Biceratops- Two horned face (Ceratopsian)
Botanosaurus-  Plant Lizard (squamate, or Sauropod)
Boviceratops- Cow horned face (Ceratopsian)
Brontacanthosaurus- Thunder spine lizard (Spinosaur, acrocanthosaur)

Boviceratops mixes Latin and Greek. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Bouceratops might pass muster with a Classicist.

[Newt]

Boviceratops mixes Latin and Greek. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Bouceratops might pass muster with a Classicist.

Spelling should be Latinized to Buceratops (cf. Bucephalus, from Greek Boukephalos, "ox head" - the name of Alexander the Great's horse). Biceratops is also a barbarism (Latin + Greek); should be Diceratops, which is occupado. Not that there aren't barbarisms in dinosaur names already - Scutellosaurus springs to mind.

Fun idea for a thread. I haven't thought about this before, but I'll give it a go.

Eurytyphon (broad + Typhon, a mythological giant responsible for earthquakes) - wide gauge titanosaur
Verbericauda (whip tail) - diplodocid
Sauroter (literally "lizard killer", the name for the spike on the butt of a hoplite's spear) - small theropod
Gracilinecator (slim killer) - small theropod
Musadens (banana tooth) - big tyrannosaur

[Papi-Anon]

My Latin and Greek knowledge is rusty, but let me try:

Deinobasilus jurassicus - ("Terrible king of the Jurassic") Very large allosauroid.

Gigantotherium notos - ("Giant beast of the south") Indricothere from Southern Asia.

Homo Dimorphensis - ("Two-formed man") Extinct hominins noted for having extreme sexual dimorphism where female specimens are substantially robust and tall while males are small and lithe. Common name: Amazonians.

Microgorgonops tenax - ("Tenacious tiny gorgon face/eye") Small species of gorgonopsid that had survived into the early Triassic.

[CityRaptor]

Some of those from an alternate timeline:

Dinosaurs:

Magnifiraptor sagax ( Wise magnificent thief ) - highly intelligent Dromaeosauroids, evolved from Velociraptor, named itself that way

Gigatyrannus imperiosis ( Imperial giant tyrant ) - giant Tyrannosaur

Gigatyrannus domesticus ( domesticated giant tyrant ) - a "domesticated" subspecies of Gigatyrannus, used to guard herds. 

Phytotyrannus  inopinatum ( unexpected  leaf tyrant ) - herbivorous Tyrannosauroid

Gladiceratops maximus ( maximal sword horn)  - giant Ceratopsian

Armatusaurus grandus ( grand weapon lizard ) - heavily armored Ankylosaur

Anguirussaurus honda ( Honda's Anguirus lizard ) - japanese Ankylosaurid

Stegotitan miraculum  ( miracolous roof titan ) - late surviving Stegosaur

Thalattodracon hippocampus ( hippocampus sea dragon ) - marine, semi-aquatic hadrosaur



Pterosaurs:
Zhejiangopterus gyaos  - small species of Zhejiangopterus, whose fossils were seemingly found in combat with Sinemys gamera.

Radodactylus tsuburaya ( Tsuburaya's Radon finger ) - two-crested Pteranodontid found in a radium mine


Synapsids:

Ursagorgon major ( big bear Gorgon ) - large Gorgonopsian of bear-like build

Ursagorgon minor ( little bear Gorgon ) - small Gorgonopsian of bear-like build

Homo simpsonis ( Simpson Man ) - heavily build hominins with bald heads and yellowish skin

Elasmotherium alicornis - gracile build species of Elasmotherium

[Halichoeres]

Boviceratops mixes Latin and Greek. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Bouceratops might pass muster with a Classicist.

Spelling should be Latinized to Buceratops (cf. Bucephalus, from Greek Boukephalos, "ox head" - the name of Alexander the Great's horse). Biceratops is also a barbarism (Latin + Greek); should be Diceratops, which is occupado. Not that there aren't barbarisms in dinosaur names already - Scutellosaurus springs to mind.

Thanks for the emendation!