mesoeucrocodylian
mesoeucrocodylian noun: any of a group of mostly extinct crocodylomorphs of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia.
Noun
mesoeucrocodylian (plural mesoeucrocodylians)
- Any of a group of mostly extinct crocodylomorphs of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia.
- The new species possesses a combination of primitive and derived features that helps to fill wide morphological and temporal gaps in early mesoeucrocodylian history.2002 September, Ronald S. Tykoski, “Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 22, number 3...
- For mesoeucrocodylians known on the basis of incomplete skeletal remains, body size is generally estimated from skull length-total length relationships in extant crocodylians (Webb and Messel, 1978; Woodward el al., 1995; Sereno et al., 2001).2005 June, James O. Farlow, “Femoral dimenstions and body size of Alligator mississippiensis: Estimating the size of extinct mesoeucrocodylians”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, number 2, page...
Forms of mesoeucrocodylian
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Origin of mesoeucrocodylian
Mesoeucrocodylia + -an
Questions about mesoeucrocodylian
- What does mesoeucrocodylian mean?
- Mesoeucrocodylian means any of a group of mostly extinct crocodylomorphs of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia.
- What part of speech is mesoeucrocodylian?
- Mesoeucrocodylian is a noun.
- What is the plural of mesoeucrocodylian?
- The plural of mesoeucrocodylian is mesoeucrocodylians.
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