Art: Julio Lacerda
Sinopterus is pronounced sy-NOP-ter-us.
/saɪˈnɒp.tər.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
Sino-
/ˈsaɪ.noʊ/
Chinese, “(geographic prefix, not classical)”
IPA from Wiktionary
ptero-
/ˈtɛr.oʊ/
Greek, “pteron, wing”
IPA from Wiktionary
What the name means
Both groups of researchers concluded that Huaxiapterus jii should therefore be reclassified as Sinopterus jii, and that the other two species of "Huaxiapterus" require a new genus name.