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The name Syntarsus (Raath,1969) was preoccipied by the beetle Syntarsus (Fairmaire, 1869), Ivie, M. A., S. A. Slipinski, And P. Wegrzynowicz renamed this dinosaur in Megapnosaurus in their paper \\\\\\\"Ivie, M. A., S. A. Slipinski, And P. Wegrzynowicz (2001) Generic homonyms in the Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae). Insecta Mundi 15:63-64. [Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis - Megapnosaurus kayentakatae] (Replacement name for Preoccipied Syntarsus a beetle described by Fairmaire in 1869) the etymology is derived from the Greek megas (big) apnoos (dead) and sauros (lizard).