Protorosaurus
/ˌprəʊt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/(also Proterosaurus) Palaeontology
noun
A genus of diapsid reptiles known from European fossils of the late Permian period, which are among the earliest known reptiles; (also protorosaurus) a reptile of this genus.
- The form Proterosaurus is taxonomically invalid..
Origin
Mid 19th century. From scientific Latin Protorosaurus, irregularly from protero- + -saurus, apparently by confusion with words in proto-.
- phrenicosplenic ligament
- phrenicotomy
- phrenitic
- phrenitis
- phrenocolic
- phrenogastric
- phrenogram
- phrenograph
- phrenologic
- phrenological
- phrenologically
- phrenologise
- phrenologist
- phrenologize
- phrenology
- phreno-magnetic
- phreno-magnetism
- phreno-mesmerism
- phrenopathic
- phrenopathy
- phrenosin
- phrenosine
- phrenosplenic
- phrenotropic
- phronesis