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protorosaurian

protorosaurian is the alternative form of protorosaur.

Meaning of protorosaur

Noun

protorosaur (plural protorosaurs)

  1. An extinct archosauromorph reptile of the order Protorosauria.
    • The large-sized protorosaur Tanystropheus had extremely elongated neck vertebrae and a neck more than two times the length of its trunk.2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page...

Forms of protorosaurian

pluralprotorosaurians

Questions about protorosaurian

What is protorosaurian the alternative form of?
Protorosaurian is the alternative form of protorosaur.

Words near protorosaurian in the dictionary

  1. protoreligion
  2. protoreligions
  3. protoreligious
  4. protoribosome
  5. protorosaur
  6. protorosaurian
  7. protorosaurians
  8. protorosaurs
  9. protorothyridid
  10. protorothyridids
  11. protos

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