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单词 protorosaurian
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protorosaurianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌprəʊt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌproʊdərəˈsɔriən/
Forms: 1800s proterosaurian, 1800s– protorosaurian.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Protorosaurus , Proterosaurus , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Protorosaurus (or Proterosaurus) Protorosaurus n. + -ian suffix, after scientific Latin Protorosauria (or Proterosauria), order name (1838 or earlier).With use as noun compare earlier protorosaur n., Protorosaurus n.
Palaeontology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating fossil reptiles of the genus Protorosaurus and their allies; spec. belonging to the order Protorosauria.
ΚΠ
1888 Philos. Trans. 1887 (Royal Soc.) B. 178 206 There can be little probability that the post-orbital part of the Protorosaurian skull could have been Ichthyosaurian.
1943 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 243 17 (title) Prolacerta and the Protorosaurian reptiles.
1967 Q. Rev. Biol. 42 298/2 The general protorosaurian concept has been retained, but the term Araeoscelidia (Protorosauria) is used for the group.
B. n.
= protorosaur n. rare.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Proterosaurian, a member of the Proterosauria.
1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. 238 A pelvis similar to that of the Microsaurians still persists in..the Protorosaurians of the magnesian limestone of Thuringia.
2001 Jrnl. Paleontol. 75 1185/2 This group [sc. Archosauriformes] includes a bizarre assemblage of predominantly Triassic forms, such as trilophosaurids, rhynchosaurs, and protorosaurians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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