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Definition of Ichthyosauria
1. Noun. Extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Ichthyosaur, Family Ichthyosauridae, Ichthyosauridae
Definition of Ichthyosauria
1. n. pl. An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
Medical Definition of Ichthyosauria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ichthyosauria
Literary usage of Ichthyosauria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the University of California by University of California, Berkeley (1908)
"The all important feature which distinguishes the ichthyosauria as an order is
their aquatic adaptation. Entering as they have into a realm very different ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Further Observations on the Shoulder Girdle and Clavi- c\ilar Arch in the
ichthyosauria and Sauropterygia." By HG SEELEY, FRS Received May 25, 1893. ..."
3. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"No Evidence of Past Existence of Minutely- intermediate Forms when such might be
expected a priori.—Bats, Pterodactyls, Dinosauria, and Birds.—ichthyosauria ..."
4. The History of Creation, Or, the Development of the Earth and Its by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Edwin Ray Lankester (1892)
"Sea-dragons (Plesiosauria and ichthyosauria). — Lizards, Serpents, and Crocodiles.
— Tortoises (Chelonia). — Flying Dragons (Pterosauria). ..."
5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"... the flippers of whales; quadrate immovable; jaws long, with numerous teeth in
sockets. Order III. ichthyosauria. Resembled the Plesiosaurs ..."
6. 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. ..."
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