单词 | sauropodomorph |
释义 | sauropodomorphn.adj. Palaeontology. A. n. Any of various herbivorous saurischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Sauropodomorpha, which typically had a long neck and small head.The group comprised the gigantic quadrupedal sauropods along with the bipedal prosauropods and other ancestral forms. ΚΠ 1965 Proc. Linn. Soc. 176 205 The manus..shows the same pattern of digital reduction as the manus and pes of the sauropodomorphs. 1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. xiv. 344/2 The herbivorous sauropodomorphs [were] divided into small, partially bipedal palaeopods and the much larger, quadrupedal sauropods. 2010 Nature 14 Oct. 755/2 Long-necked dinosaurs called sauropodomorphs originated in the Southern Hemisphere during the mid to late Triassic period. B. adj. Of or relating to the dinosaur suborder Sauropodomorpha; designating a dinosaur of this suborder. ΚΠ 1965 Proc. Linn. Soc. 176 204 Reptiles belonging to this ‘sauropodomorph’ evolutionary line must have existed somewhere also in Cave Sandstone times. 1997 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. (ed. 2) viii. 198/2 Thecodontosaurus..shows all the basic sauropodomorph hallmarks: a small skull.., a long neck with ten or more cervical vertebrae, a huge thumb claw and no claws on fingers 4 and 5. 2010 Palaeontology 53 739/1 The taxonomic status of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Newark Supergroup of north-eastern USA is reviewed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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