| 单词 |
pareiasaur |
| 释义 |
pareiasaur|pəˈraɪəsɔː(r)|
Also (erron.) pariasaur.
[f. mod.L. name of suborder Pareiasauria, f. generic name Pareiasaurus: see following entry.]
A herbivorous fossil reptile of the group once included in the suborder Pareiasauria, known from Permian remains found in southern and eastern Africa, eastern Europe, and Russia, now classified as the superfamily Pareiasauroidea of the suborder Procolophonia. So pareiaˈsaurian n. Also as adj., of or pertaining to an animal of this type.
1905E. R. Lankester Extinct Animals v. 220 These Pariasaurs were about as big as well grown cattle, but not so high on the legs. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 242 (caption) Primitive type [of reptile] (Pareiosaurian [sic]). 1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. vi. 129 A more advanced type..is that of the pareiasaurs of the Middle and Upper Permian of Europe and Africa. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo vi. 105 The great ‘Cheek-Lizards’, the Pareiasaurs,..were found..in the lowest and oldest zone of the Beaufort series. 1971E. C. Olson Vertebr. Paleozool. viii. 315 The main link between procolophons and pareiasaurs is provided by Rhipaeosaurus. Ibid., Rhipaeosaurus has a dentition that appears somewhat like that to be expected in an ancestral pareiasaurian. Ibid., The skull..has a somewhat pareiasaurian and somewhat procolophonian look. 1975Nature 3 Apr. 415/1 The first..is an exposure of the Madumabisa Mud⁓stones yielding abundant therapsid and some pareiasaur remains. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 270 The second group were the pareiasaurs, which were up to 3m..long. |
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