Mimatuta

Translingual

Etymology

Named by Leigh Van Valen by blending the following elements: Sindarin mîr (“jewel”), Matuta (a Roman goddess), a claimed Latin word *mius ("imitator"), Latin tuta (“safe”), and Mîm (a dwarf in the Silmarillion).

Proper noun

Mimatuta

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.

References

• Mimatuta at Paleobiology Database