phytosaur

[fahy-tuh-sawr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.

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< New Latin Phytosauria ( phyto-, -saur, -ia )

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The fossil fragments include three toothy, long-snouted phytosaur skulls.

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Their efforts paid off when what appears to be the snout of a phytosaur - a crocodile-like creature - was discovered sticking out of the cliff.

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This fossil locality contains the remains of a phytosaur - a reptile that looks like modern alligators and crocodiles but is only distantly related.

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Our discoveries aren't limited to phytosaur bones.

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