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单词 mesosaur
释义

mesosaur

/ˈmɛsəsɔː /
noun
An extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period, with an elongated body, flattened tail, and a long, narrow snout with numerous pointed teeth.
  • Genus Mesosaurus, order Mesosauria, subclass Anapsida.
The most basal anapsids, the mesosaurs, are oldest known fully aquatic reptiles....
  • At the same time as the mesosaurs were flourishing in this newly formed inland sea, a major period of mountain building began in the south, due to the Andean-style collision of the Palaeo-Pacific plate under the African plate.
  • Only mesosaurs and araeoscelidians demonstrate more lightly built limbs than protorothyridids.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Greek mesos 'middle' + sauros 'lizard'.

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