protorosaur

protorosaur

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Protorosaurus (genus name).

Noun

protorosaur (plural protorosaurs)

1. (paleontology) An extinct archosauromorph reptile of the order Protorosauria.
   • 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 76:

     The large-sized protorosaur Tanystropheus had extremely elongated neck vertebrae and a neck more than two times the length of its trunk.

   • 2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0141275:

     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).