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An eater of buffalo wings. based on:
Einiosaurus
A “buffalo (bison) lizard�? from Late Cretaceous Montana. The name is based on Black Feet Indian eini, “buffalo�? to honor the Black Feet tribe, on whose land in Montana the fossils were found, referring also to the idea that ceratopsians were the “buffalo�? of the Cretaceous, living in large, socially complex herds. Named by paleontologist Scott Matthew Sampson in 1995.
pteron
Greek: "wing"
phago
Greek: "eat"
July 17, 2008