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‖ Mosasaurus Palæont.|məʊsəˈsɔːrəs|
Also Moso-, Mosæ-. Pl. -i.
[mod.L. (W. D. Conybeare), f. L. Mosa the river Meuse or Maas + Gr. σαῦρος lizard.]
A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, combining the characters of a saurian reptile with those of a snake. It was first discovered near Maestricht (on the Meuse) in 1780.
1830Morton in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XVII. 289 Mosasaurus. 1833Mantell Geog. S. E. Eng. 146 The Mososaurus, or Fossil Monitor of Maestricht. 1836Buckland Geol. & Min. xiv. §7 (1837) I. 215 The Mosasaurus. 1875C. Maclaren in Encycl. Brit. I. 679/2.
Hence ˈmosasaur, a reptile of the genus Mosasaurus. mosaˈsaurian a., of or pertaining to the mosasaurus; belonging to the sub-order Mosasauria; n., a reptile of this sub-order. mosaˈsaurid, a reptile of the family Mosasauridæ. mosaˈsauroid a., having the form or characters of a mosasaurus; n., a mosasauroid reptile.
1841Owen in Brit. Assoc. Rep. (1842) 60 The shape of the tooth thus approximates very closely to that of the Mosasaur. 1850― in F. Dixon Geol. & Fossils Sussex 384 They demonstrate another Mosasaurian character. Ibid. 385 That genus of Mosasauroid Lizards. 1877― in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXXIII. 690 The type of the genus and family of Mosasauroids. 1878Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. July 92 In the single occipital condyle and the composite structure of the mandible the Mosasaurians are Reptilian. Ibid. Oct. 341 Since then [1851] Prof. O. C. Marsh has published a reconstruction of the fore limb of the Mosasauroid Lestosaurus simus. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Mosasaurid. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. VII. 474/1 Suborder Lacertilia... The group..includes modern lizards..and extinct marine mosasaurs (Cretaceous). 1968A. S. Romer Procession of Life xi. 195 The mosasaurs..had a long, flexible trunk and a highly developed tail, and hence were able to use body and tail undulation for forward progression in somewhat fish-like fashion. 1971Nature 15 Jan. 172/1 In a great many aquatic and marine reptiles, past and present, ichthyosaurs..mosasaurs..the external nares are just in front of the eyes. |