Nothosauria

plural noun

Noth·​o·​sau·​ria

: a suborder of primitive chiefly marine European Triassic reptiles (order Sauropterygia) see nothosaurus

nothosaurian

¦⸗⸗¦sȯrēən

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Nothosaurus + -ia

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