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Definition of Order Ichthyosauria
1. Noun. Extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Ichthyosaur, Family Ichthyosauridae, Ichthyosauridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Ichthyosauria
Literary usage of Order Ichthyosauria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"Nevertheless we have yet very much more to learn about the order Ichthyosauria
as a whole—whence they came and how they FIG. 52. ..."
2. An Introduction to the Classification of Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1869)
"... a fish; a-avpa, a lizard), an extinct genus of Reptiles, giving its name to
the order Ichthyosauria. ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"... about on its hind limbs and rested on its tail, much like a kangaroo.
Remains have been found in Colorado. order Ichthyosauria. — The ICHTHYOSAURS (Fig. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Order ICHTHYOSAURIA Blainville. The ichthyosaurs are also distinctively Diapsida,
both in shoulder girdle and in basicranial structure. ..."
5. Text Book of Comparative Geology by Emanuel Kayser (1893)
"Almost all the groups characteristic of Mesozoic times had their representatives
in the Trias. The order Ichthyosauria with the chief genus ..."
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