mesosuchian
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈs(j)uːkɪən/Palaeontology
adjective
Belonging to, characteristic of, or designating the suborder Mesosuchia of extinct crocodiles known from Jurassic and Cretaceous fossil remains.
noun
A mesosuchian crocodile.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From scientific Latin Mesosuchia, suborder name + -ian.