单词 | nothosaurus |
释义 | Nothosaurusn. Palaeontology. A genus of extinct marine reptiles of the Triassic period, related to the plesiosaurs; (also nothosaurus) a reptile of this genus. Cf. nothosaur n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > order Sauropterygia > nothosaurus Nothosaurus1843 nothosaur1863 nothosaurian1888 1843 Geologist 2 45 All the portions..belong to species of Nothosaurus. 1845 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation (ed. 4) 99 Other reptiles there were—nothosaurus and rhynchosaurus—of lacertian or lizard-like character. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. lxv. 418 Of the other genera of the Sauropterygia, Simosaurus and Nothosaurus are from the Trias, and are chiefly characteristic of..the Muschelkalk. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 259/2 Ichthyopterygians were represented by Mixosaurus, Nothosaurus, Cymatosaurus. 1965 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 250 44 (table) Reptiles... Nothosaurus. Plesiosaurus. Zanclodon. 1998 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 541 Originally identified as a simosaur, the incomplete and poorly preserved skull is instead referable to the genus Nothosaurus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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