单词 | nothosaurian |
释义 | nothosaurianadj.n. Palaeontology. A. adj. Of, designating, or resembling a nothosaur. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of plesiousaurus > resembling nothosaurus nothosaurian1882 1882 H. G. Seeley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 38 363 We shall seek in vain among existing reptiles for any near analogue of the Nothosaurian humerus. 1893 Proc. Zool. Soc. 616 Mr. G. A. Boulenger..read a paper ‘On a Nothosaurian Reptile..apparently referable to Lariosaurus’. 1952 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 875 (title) A nothosaurian vertebra from Israel. 1985 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 309 386 The skull resembles that of plesiosaurs.., but the postcranial skeleton attributed to this taxon is typically nothosaurian. B. n. = nothosaur n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > order Sauropterygia > nothosaurus Nothosaurus1843 nothosaur1863 nothosaurian1888 1888 H. G. Seeley in Philos. Trans. 1887 (Royal Soc.) B. 178 209 I have no doubt Rhynchosaurus is a Rhynchocephalian; but Lariosaurus, Mesosaurus, &c., are Nothosaurians. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 808/1 The nothosaurians of the Triassic were small forms with limbs serving as both fins and feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1882 |
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