单词 | ichthyornis |
释义 | ichthyornisn. Palaeontology. An extinct genus of toothed birds (Odontornithes) belonging to the order or sub-class Odontotormæ, having socketed teeth and biconcave vertebræ, the remains of which occur in the cretaceous rocks of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > extinct or fossil types moa1839 Dinornis1843 Aepyornis1851 Archaeopteryx1862 Hesperornis1871 ichthyornis1872 elephant bird1889 mamo1891 1872 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. & Arts 3rd Ser. IV. 344 Notice of a new and remarkable bird... This species may be called Ichthyornis dispar. 1873 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. & Arts 3rd Ser. 6 74 Notice of a new Species of Ichthyornis. 1884 G. Allen in Longman's Mag. Jan. 290 The ichthyornis has a row of teeth in each jaw. 1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 954 The Teeth of Ichthyornis are..restricted to the mandibles and maxillæ; but they stand each in a separate socket. DerivativesCategories » ichthyornithic adj. /ˌɪkθɪɔːˈnɪθɪk/ belonging to this genus. Categories » ichthyˈornithid n. a bird of the family Ichthyornithidæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1872 |
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