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Definition of Genus Nothosaurus

1. Noun. A genus of Nothosauria.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nothosaurus

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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