- genus Nothosaurus
- nouna genus of Nothosauria• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Nothosauria, ↑suborder Nothosauria• Member Meronyms: ↑nothosaur
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genus Nothosaurus
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Nothosaurus — Temporal range: 240–210 Ma … Wikipedia
Nothosaurus — ▪ extinct reptile genus marine reptiles (reptile) found as fossils from the Triassic Period (251 million to 200 million years ago) in southwestern and eastern Asia, North Africa, and especially Europe. Nothosaurus was characterized by … Universalium
nothosaurus — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsȯrəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from noth + saurus : a genus of extinct reptiles (suborder Nothosauria) resembling the plesiosaurs but having longer and more slender limbs less completely modified for swimming … Useful english dictionary
reptile genus — noun a genus of reptiles • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Chelonia, ↑genus Chelonia, ↑Caretta, ↑genus Caretta, ↑Lepidochelys, ↑genus Lepidochelys, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nothosaur — noun extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming • Hypernyms: ↑archosaur, ↑archosaurian, ↑archosaurian reptile • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nothosaurus … Useful english dictionary
Nothosauria — noun a suborder of Sauropterygia • Syn: ↑suborder Nothosauria • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Sauropterygia, ↑order Sauropterygia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Nothosauria — noun a suborder of Sauropterygia • Syn: ↑Nothosauria • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Sauropterygia, ↑order Sauropterygia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
Tanystropheus — Taxobox name = Tanystropheus fossil range = Middle Triassic image width=250px image caption = Restoration of Tanystropheus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida infraclassis = Archosauromorpha ordo = Prolacertiformes familia =… … Wikipedia
