Definition of Order Ichthyosauria

1. Noun. Extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs.

Exact synonyms: Ichthyosauria
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Ichthyosaur, Family Ichthyosauridae, Ichthyosauridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Ichthyosauria

order Guttiferales
order Gymnophiona
order Haemosporidia
order Haplosporidia
order Heliozoa
order Helotiales
order Hemiptera
order Heterosomata
order Heterotrichales
order Hymenogastrales
order Hymenoptera
order Hypericales
order Hypermastigina
order Hypocreales
order Hyracoidea
order Ichthyosauria (current term)
order Ictodosauria
order Insectivora
order Insessores
order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera

Literary usage of Order Ichthyosauria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"Nevertheless we have yet very much more to learn about the order Ichthyosauria as a whole—whence they came and how they FIG. 52. ..."

2. An Introduction to the Classification of Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1869)
"... a fish; a-avpa, a lizard), an extinct genus of Reptiles, giving its name to the order Ichthyosauria. ..."

3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"... about on its hind limbs and rested on its tail, much like a kangaroo. Remains have been found in Colorado. order Ichthyosauria. — The ICHTHYOSAURS (Fig. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Order ICHTHYOSAURIA Blainville. The ichthyosaurs are also distinctively Diapsida, both in shoulder girdle and in basicranial structure. ..."

5. Text Book of Comparative Geology by Emanuel Kayser (1893)
"Almost all the groups characteristic of Mesozoic times had their representatives in the Trias. The order Ichthyosauria with the chief genus ..."

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