Art: Oliver Demuth
Nurhachius is pronounced nur-HA-chee-us.
/nərˈhɑː.tʃiː.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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Where the name comes from
trachy-
/ˈtreɪ.ki/
Greek, “trachys, rough”
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What the name means
The genus name refers to Nurhaci, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, whose original power base encompassed the region where the fossil was found.