| 单词 |
prosauropod |
| 释义 |
prosauropod, n. and a. Palæont.|prəʊˈsɔːrəʊpɒd|
[ad. mod.L. name of infraorder Prosauropoda (F. von Huene 1920, in Zeitschr. für Induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre XXII. 211), f. pro-2 1 + mod.L. Sauropoda: see sauropod a. and n.]
A. n. A dinosaur belonging to the infraorder Prosauropoda, which includes herbivorous, usually bipedal, saurischians.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to an animal of this kind.
1951C. C. Young in Palaeontologia Sinica CXXXIV. 88 For the sake of convenience we may discuss the prosauropods together. 1962E. H. Colbert Dinosaurs iv. 80 The prosauropods quickly developed to become the dinosaur giants of their day. 1965Proc. Linn. Soc. CLXXVI. 211 Each of the two prosauropod families transferred from the Carnosauria..bears..a striking resemblance to one of two existing prosauropod families. 1971E. C. Olson Vertebr. Paleozool. ii. viii. 354 Some genera..among animals often classed as prosauropods were intermediate in structures related to gait, being only partially quadrupedal. 1978Nature 17 Aug. 662/1 Prosauropods probably could feed tripodally—supporting their weight on the hindlimbs and stout tail. |
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