Pronunciation Guide
- acanthostega
- uh-CAN-tho-stega (Miller)
- Achoania
- ?
- Aguillard
- AG-ih-lard (source)
- Annelid
- AN-uh-lid
- Archaeopteryx
- ARK-e-op-tricks
- arthropod
- R-throw-pod
- Bonsell
- bon-SELL (source: Miller)
- Cambrian
- CAM-bree-un, CAME-bree-un (source)
- cladogram
- KLAD-uh-gram (source)
- Crossopterygian
- cross-op-tuh-RIJ-yun (source)
- curriculum vitae
- cuh-RICK-you-lum VEE-tay
- Deinonicus (most likely misspelling of "Deinonychus")
- day-NON-i-kus (source)
- Echinoderm
- eh-KI-nuh-derm or EK-uh-nuh-derm (source)
- Ediacaran
- ee-dee-ack-run (source)
- Eusthenopteron
- YOUSS-th-en-opteron ("use" as in "the use of his legs", followed by "th" as in "thing") (source: Miller)
- exaptation
- egg-zap-TAY-shun (source)
- Flietstra, Rebecca J.
- flee-ET-struh (guessing) (see
Christianity Today article,
and trial testimony).
- gracile
- GRAS-il (source)
- Howqualepis
- ?
- Icthyostega
- ICK-th-ee-o-stega (source: Miller)
- integumental
- in-TEG-you-mental (source)
- Lamarck
- lah-MARK
- Loc Buffon
- Most likely misspelling of "Leclerc Buffon", pronounced "luh-CLAIRE boo-FON".
- Moythomasia
- ?
- Muise
- muse (source: Miller)
- Oviraptor
- O-vee-raptor (source: Miller)
- Panderichthys
- PAN-dree-ick-thees (source: Miller)
- phyla
- FYE-luh
- phylogenetics
- fie-luh-ge-NET-ics (source)
FYE-loh-GEN-et-icks (source: Miller)
- phylogeny, phylogenies
- fie-LAW-gin-ee (source)
FYE-lodge-en-ees (source: Miller)
- prekibia mathematica
- Misspelling of "Principia Mathematica", pronounced "prin-KIP-ee-yah"
- Psarolepis
- ?
- Pterosaurs
- TEAR-o-soars
- rete mirabile
- REE-tee mee-RAH-bee-leh (source: Phillip Moon and Webster)
- Rothschild
- ROTH child (rhymes with "goth child") (source: Nick Matzke, Science Friday interview
- Sinornithosaurus
- sin-ORN-i-tho-saurus (guess)
- speciation
- spee-see-AY-shun or spee-shee-AY-shun (source)
- Walczak
- WALL-check (source: Miller)
- Witold
- ViT-old (with a short i, as in "vital") (source: Miller)
- Yixian
- yeeshan? At least, that's the pronunciation given for
Sun Yatsen
Miller: Dr. Ken Miller, personal communication.
Webster: Webster's Encyclopedic
Unabridged Dictionary