Definition of nothosaurian in English:
nothosaurian
adjective
See nothosaur
‘This contrasts with the ancestral nothosaurian condition, where the girdles are proportioned more like those of generalized primitive diapsids.’
- ‘The shape of the pterygoid itself corresponds to the characteristic nothosaurian pattern.’
- ‘Plesiosaurs became numerous and worldwide in their distribution during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods as they further developed the basic nothosaurian pattern.’
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