Definition of Genus Ichthyosaurus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Ichthyosauridae.

Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Ichthyosauridae, Ichthyosauridae
Member holonyms: Ichthyosaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ichthyosaurus

genus Hyperoodon
genus Hyphantria
genus Hypochaeris
genus Hypochoeris
genus Hypoderma
genus Hypopachus
genus Hypopitys
genus Hypoxis
genus Hypsiglena
genus Hypsiprymnodon
genus Hyracotherium
genus Hyssopus
genus Iberis
genus Ibero-mesornis
genus Ibis
genus Ichthyosaurus (current term)
genus Ichthyostega
genus Ictalurus
genus Icteria
genus Icterus
genus Ictiobus
genus Ictonyx
genus Idesia
genus Iguana
genus Iguanodon
genus Ilex
genus Iliamna
genus Illecebrum
genus Illicium
genus Impatiens

Literary usage of Genus Ichthyosaurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"Some of the most remarkable of these reptiles have been arranged under the genus Ichthyosaurus, (or Fish Lizard,) in consequence of the partial resemblance ..."

2. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1846)
"Professor Sedgwick commented at considerable length on the specimen : he fully agreed with Mr. Carter that it belonged to the genus Ichthyosaurus, ..."

3. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"genus Ichthyosaurus*. 134. An entire skeleton, with the cranium somewhat mutilated, ... genus Ichthyosaurus ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"The range of the genus Ichthyosaurus,' says Dr. Buckland, ' seems to have begun with the Muschelkalk, and to have extended through the whole of the oolitic ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"In the chalk formations, for example, the genus Ichthyosaurus quit« the stage of existence as suddenly as it entered it in the lias, and with every ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"... an important memoir on the genus Ichthyosaurus to the Imperial found in the discovery of the genus in the Cretaceous greensand of European Russia. ..."

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