英语词汇“elasmosaur”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

elasmosaur

/ɪˈlazmə(ʊ)sɔː

noun

A Cretaceous plesiosaur with a long neck shaped like that of a swan.

Family Elasmosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Elasmosaurus.

The remains include the bones of dinosaurs, birds, and large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and elasmosaurs, as well as fossilized sponges, mollusks, pine cones, and diverse fish teeth....

Like the rest of the Plesiosauroidea, elasmosaurs had a barrel-shaped body with four paddle-shaped flippers.
Storrs considers this species a synonym of P. guilelmiimperatoris, while Robert Bakker asserts that it is an early elasmosaur, and transfers it to the genus Microcleidus (as M. brachypterygius).

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Elasmosaurus, from Greek elasmos 'beaten metal' + sauros 'lizard'.

单词	elasmosaur
释义	elasmosaur /ɪˈlazmə(ʊ)sɔː / noun A Cretaceous plesiosaur with a long neck shaped like that of a swan. Family Elasmosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Elasmosaurus. The remains include the bones of dinosaurs, birds, and large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and elasmosaurs, as well as fossilized sponges, mollusks, pine cones, and diverse fish teeth.... Like the rest of the Plesiosauroidea, elasmosaurs had a barrel-shaped body with four paddle-shaped flippers. Storrs considers this species a synonym of P. guilelmiimperatoris, while Robert Bakker asserts that it is an early elasmosaur, and transfers it to the genus Microcleidus (as M. brachypterygius). Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Elasmosaurus, from Greek elasmos 'beaten metal' + sauros 'lizard'.
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