Protorosaur
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protorosaur is a noun meaning (paleontology) An extinct archosauromorph reptile of the order Protorosauria.
Meaning
(paleontology) An extinct archosauromorph reptile of the order Protorosauria.
Example Sentences
The large-sized protorosaur Tanystropheus had extremely elongated neck vertebrae and a neck more than two times the length of its trunk.
On the other side, there are about 28 chevrons in the long tail of the protorosaur Tanystropheus at least half of which are similar to element i (see [33 ]: Plate 1, Figure 37).
Word Forms
- protorosaurs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protorothyridid, proceratosaurid, proterosuchid, proterochampsid, proetid, proterotheriid.
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