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phytosaur, n. Palæont.|ˈfaɪtəʊsɔː(r)|
[ad. mod.L. Phytosauria, f. generic name Phytosaurus (G. F. Jaeger 1828, in Ueber die Fossile Reptilien Württemberg 22): see phyto- (the animals were at first understood to be plant-eating) and *-saur.]
Any member of the suborder Phytosauria of Late Triassic crocodile-like reptiles.
Formerly used only of the genus Phytosaurus.
1904Science 12 Feb. 255/1 The group which undoubtedly stands nearest the phytosaurs comprises the small armoured Aëtosauria. 1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. viii. 170 In the phytosaurs breathing difficulties were overcome to a considerable extent by shifting the external opening of the nostril far back. 1958C. L. & M. A. Fenton Fossil Bk. xxv. 325 We must call these creatures phytosaurs (‘plant lizards’), not because the name fits them, but because an almost forgotten professor thought they were herbivores. 1975L. B. Halstead Evol. & Ecol. Dinosaurs 50 Many of the plant-eating reptiles and the crocodile-like phytosaurs disappeared from freshwater rivers and lakes.
So phytoˈsaurian a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Phytosauria.
1904Science 12 Feb. 255/1 Save for the carpus and tarsus, the phytosaurian skeleton is now pretty well known. 1915Jrnl. Geol. XXIII. 164 These few imperfect remains, consisting of incomplete limb bones, teeth, caudal vertebrae, etc., are in all probability phytosaurian. 1962Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCLX. 673 It is thus seen that the distinctions between Paleorhinus bransoni and Promystriosuchus ehlersi are..partly features which in the light of present knowledge of phytosaurian variability are not of more than specific value. 1982G. R. Case Pictorial Guide Fossils xxxi. 370 (caption) Two dentaries of a phytosaurian reptile. |