dolichosaurus

British

/ ˌdɒlɪkəʊˈsɔːrəs /

noun

any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs

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Etymology

Origin of dolichosaurus

C20: from Greek, from dolikhos long + _-saur

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Dolichosaurus, dol-i-kō-saw′rus, n. the typical genus of Dolicosau′ria, a group of fossil Lacertilia of the Cretaceous formation.

From Project Gutenberg

Ordinary lizard-like forms were represented by Coniosaurus, Dolichosaurus, &c.; and true crocodiles, Goniopholis, Suchosaurus, appeared in this period, and continued to approximate to modern genera.

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