plagiosaur
plagiosaur noun: any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.
Noun
plagiosaur (plural plagiosaurs)
- Any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.
- Certain short-faced Triassic forms tend to have reduced counts; the brachyopid Batrachosuchus having but 17 maxillary teeth and the plagiosaur Gerrothorax having somewhat over 26.1965 [1952], Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Breviora, numbers 179-230, page 4
- One species that deserves special mention is Latiscopus disjunctus (Wilson, 1948) described from the Upper Triassic of Texas. It is the only amphibian of its age that is not a metoposaur, a plagiosaur, a capitosauroid or a brachyopoid.1977, A. Hallam, editor, Patterns of Evolution, as Illustrated by the Fossil Record, volume 5, Elsevier Science, page 413
Forms of plagiosaur
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Origin of plagiosaur
Clipping of taxonomic name Plagiosauroidea or Plagiosauridae. By surface analysis, plagio- + -saur.
Questions about plagiosaur
- What does plagiosaur mean?
- Plagiosaur means any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.
- What part of speech is plagiosaur?
- Plagiosaur is a noun.
- What is the plural of plagiosaur?
- The plural of plagiosaur is plagiosaurs.
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