nothosaurus Palæont.
(nɒθəʊˈsɔːrəs)
[f. Gr. νόθος spurious + σαῦρος lizard.]
A fossil saurian belonging to the Triassic epoch.
| 1845 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation (ed. 4) 99 Other reptiles there were—nothosaurus and rhynchosaurus—of lacertian or lizard-like character. 1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 492 Of the other genera of the Sauropterygia, Simosaurus and Nothosaurus are from the Trias, and are chiefly characteristic of..the Muschelkalk. |