Definition of Genus Nothosaurus

1. Noun. A genus of Nothosauria.

Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Nothosauria, Suborder Nothosauria
Member holonyms: Nothosaur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nothosaurus

genus Nigroporus
genus Nimravus
genus Nipa
genus Nitella
genus Nitrobacter
genus Nitrosomonas
genus Noctiluca
genus Noctua
genus Nolina
genus Nomia
genus Nopalea
genus Nostoc
genus Notechis
genus Notemigonus
genus Nothofagus
genus Nothosaurus (current term)
genus Notomys
genus Notonecta
genus Notophthalmus
genus Notornis
genus Notoryctus
genus Notropis
genus Nucifraga
genus Numenius
genus Numida
genus Nuphar
genus Nuytsia
genus Nyctaginia
genus Nyctereutes

Literary usage of Genus Nothosaurus

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"... joined the scapula by squamose overlap, and not by suture, as in the genus Nothosaurus, thus approximating more nearly to the condition in Plesiosaurus. ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"In a third genus (Nothosaurus) two vertebrae are recognised as sacral by their thick, straight, and convergent ..."

3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"In a third genus (Nothosaurus) two vertebrae are recognised as sacral by their thick, straight, and convergent ..."

4. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"In the typical genus Nothosaurus the skull (figs. 991, 992) is long and much depressed, the length of the post- orbital exceeding that of the preorbital ..."

5. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"In the typical genus Nothosaurus the skull (figs. 991, 992) is long and much depressed, the length of the post- orbital exceeding that of the ..."

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