titanosaurn.

Brit.

/tʌɪˈtanə(ʊ)sɔː/,

/ˈtʌɪtənəˌsɔː/, U.S.

/taɪˈtænəˌsɔr/,

/ˈtaɪtn̩əˌsɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Titanosaurus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Titanosaurus Titanosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form. Compare earlier Titanosaurus n.

Palaeontology.

Any of various long-necked Cretaceous dinosaurs of the group Titanosauria, comprising sauropods related to the genus Titanosaurus.The titanosaurs included some of the largest known dinosaurs and were the only sauropods to survive into the late Cretaceous.

ΚΠ

1891 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 5 July 15/3 In Colorado have been found great deposits of the bones of ‘titanosaurs’, the biggest land animals that ever existed.

1936 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 47 212 They are stratigraphically the older Titanosaur specimens known.

1982 Geobios 8 945/1 The slender teeth roughly cylindrical in shape of titanosaurs and diplodocids.

2006 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 16/2 The..phytoliths come from a site containing bones of titanosaurs, long-necked plant eaters that lived near the end of the dinosaurs' reign.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titanosaur
释义	titanosaurn. Brit. /tʌɪˈtanə(ʊ)sɔː/, /ˈtʌɪtənəˌsɔː/, U.S. /taɪˈtænəˌsɔr/, /ˈtaɪtn̩əˌsɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Titanosaurus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Titanosaurus Titanosaurus n.: see -saur comb. form. Compare earlier Titanosaurus n. Palaeontology. Any of various long-necked Cretaceous dinosaurs of the group Titanosauria, comprising sauropods related to the genus Titanosaurus.The titanosaurs included some of the largest known dinosaurs and were the only sauropods to survive into the late Cretaceous. ΚΠ 1891 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 5 July 15/3 In Colorado have been found great deposits of the bones of ‘titanosaurs’, the biggest land animals that ever existed. 1936 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 47 212 They are stratigraphically the older Titanosaur specimens known. 1982 Geobios 8 945/1 The slender teeth roughly cylindrical in shape of titanosaurs and diplodocids. 2006 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Feb. 16/2 The..phytoliths come from a site containing bones of titanosaurs, long-necked plant eaters that lived near the end of the dinosaurs' reign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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