Talk:Janjucetus

What's In A Name?
Name etymology is generally included in the foremost paragraph. So far as I've seen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.69.62.232 (talk) 16:22, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Etymology
I removed the following section. It is partly off-topic and I simply don't understand much of it or the reference. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 11:50, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Janjucetus is Jan Juc + Latin cetus ‘whale’, the bones of which were found on the beach area formerly called Jan Juc in Victoria, Australia, but Jan Juc is now called Bellbrae ('Bell’s hillside near a river'). Jan Juc is believed to be a Wathaurung Aboriginal term meaning ‘iron-bark tree’ or ‘forest of ironbarks’. The term also links ironbark trees with the dead; for example, the Tjuraaltja clan made sepulchres in the trees for entombing deceased clans people.