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nothosaur Palæont.|ˈnɒθəʊsɔː(r)|
[f. mod.L. name of suborder Nothosauria, f. generic name nothosaurus (Georg, Graf von Münster 1834, in Neues Jahrb. f. Min. 525).]
An extinct marine reptile belonging to the suborder Nothosauria, known from Triassic fossil remains in Europe.
1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. vii. 153 A nothosaur in which this pterygoid union had not been quite completed would make an ideal plesiosaur ancestor. 1962New Scientist 5 July 34/2 Some of the nothosaurs seem to have been very lightly built, others larger and more sturdy. They all had fairly long, flexible necks and long jaws with many pointed teeth. They must have caught their food in the shallow waters..paddling along with their stubby webbed feet. 1971Nature 15 Jan. 172/1 In a great many aquatic and marine reptiles, past and present, ichthyosaurs, placodonts, nothosaurs,..the external nares are just in front of the eyes. |