thunnosaurian

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noun

Any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.

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Meanings

nounthunnosaurian (plural thunnosaurians)

plural thunnosaurians

  1. Any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.

    The best-known early thunnosaurian is Stenopterygius, from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of England, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

    2019, Hans-Dieter Sues, The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution, page 98

Origin

From Thunnosauria + -n.

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