plateosaurus
/ˌplætiəˈsɔːɹəs/
plateosaurus noun: any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Plateosauridae.
Noun
plateosaurus (plural plateosauruses or plateosauri)
- Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Plateosauridae.
- Triassic Period: cynognathus (foreground; South Africa), podekosaurus (left; Northern America) and plateosauri (background; Western Europe)1958, Gustav Fochler-Hauke, translated by W. H. Johnston, Our World and Its Beginnings, London: Odhams Press Limited, facing page 113
- What we know of the history of the dinosaurs begins in the Triassic. The first skeletal remains were found in deposits of the uppermost Middle Triassic but trackways of dinosaurs have been discovered in strata five to six million years older. The largest dinosaurs of that time were the plateosauri...1985, Rudolf Daber, Jochen Helms, translated by C.S.V. Salt, Fossils: The Oldest Treasures That Ever Lived, Neptune City, N.J.: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Ltd., →ISBN, page 161, column 3
Forms of plateosaurus
| plural | plateosauruses |
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| plural | plateosauri |
Questions about plateosaurus
- What does plateosaurus mean?
- Plateosaurus means any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Plateosauridae.
- What part of speech is plateosaurus?
- Plateosaurus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plateosaurus?
- Plateosaurus is pronounced /ˌplætiəˈsɔːɹəs/.
- What is the plural of plateosaurus?
- The plural of plateosaurus is plateosauruses.
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