Well, in German it's "Dinosaurier" - even stranger.
Brontosaurus Stegosaurus Apatosaurus Allosaurus Brachiosaurus Tyrannosaurus Why is the group of these called "dinosaur", and not "dinosaurus"? Who is responsible for this?
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Strangaurier, even.
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It's because we use formal scientific names (therefore Latin) for the specific species, but not for the category. "Dinosaur" is defined by the popular imagination, individual species are defined by science.
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English does the same to classical names, eg. Homer/Homerus, Plutarch/Plutarchus, Pilate/Pilatus.
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In Russian they're all just -ur's. No -us's.
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Counter-argument: the plural "dinosauruses" is awkward af
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The group is actually a plural, and so not "dinosaur" but "dinosaurs". "Dinosauruses" would sound ridiculous.
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In French iy is consistenly "saure". apparently engliah took some from the scientific name and some from French. (Scientific clade is Dinosauria)
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Probably USA Americans; they're very good at eliminating any trace of logic from English.
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