Definition of Mosasaurus. Meaning of Mosasaurus. Synonyms of Mosasaurus

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Mosasaurus. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Mosasaurus and, of course, Mosasaurus synonyms and on the right images related to the word Mosasaurus.

Definition of Mosasaurus

Mosasaurus
Mosasaurus Mos`a*sau"rus, n. [NL., fr. L. Mosa the River Meuse (on which Meastricht is situated) + Gr. ? a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. [Written also Mososaurus.]

Meaning of Mosasaurus from wikipedia

- when he named it Mosasaurus in reference to its origin in fossil deposits near the Meuse River. The exact affinities of Mosasaurus as a squamate remain...
- The research history of Mosasaurus is extensive given its complicated taxonomic and cultural histories, with the earliest recorded fossil find dating back...
- saskatchwanensis. The dentary is robust, though not as strongly built as it is in Mosasaurus, Prognathodon, or Plesiotylosaurus. The ventral margin of the dentary...
- Maëstricht was not actually named Mosasaurus ('Meuse reptile') until 1822 and not given its full species name, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, until 1829. Several...
- Commons has media related to Coleophora mosasaurus. Wikispecies has information related to Coleophora mosasaurus. Notes on Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)...
- provided the Mosasaurus roars. The Mosasaurus returns in Jur****ic World: Fallen Kingdom, in the opening and ending sequences. The Mosasaurus is larger in...
- oldest known Mosasaurus, but further preparation uncovered features indicating a new intermediate genus and species between Mosasaurus and the more primitive...
- anceps) were closer to Mosasaurus than to Prognathodon and that Liodon should perhaps instead by synonymized with Mosasaurus (though no formal proposal...
- Formation of Niger. The type specimen was first described in 1930 as Mosasaurus nigeriensis, but subsequent remains revealed a highly unique set of adaptations...
- defined as all descendants of the last common ancestor of the mosasaur Mosasaurus hoffmannii and dolichosaurs Dolichosaurus, Coniasaurus, and Adriosaurus...