Art: Fabrizio De Rossi
Caupedactylus is pronounced kaw-pe-DAK-til-us.
/ˌkɔː.pɪˈdæk.tɪl.əs/
Capitals mark the stressed syllable.
The audio is a synthesized voice reading the name, so it can differ slightly from the respelling.
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What the name means
The generic name combines the goddess of beauty of the Tupi, Caupe, with a Greek δάκτυλος, daktylos, "finger", a usual suffix in the names of pterosaurs.
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