Liopleurodon
See also: liopleurodon
Translingual
†Liopleurodon ferox restoration
†Liopleurodon ferox fossil skeleton
†Liopleurodon ferox size comparison with human
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”) + pleuro- (“lateral; side”) + -odon (“toothed”).
Proper noun
†Liopleurodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family †Pliosauridae – certain carnivorous pliosaurid pliosaurs that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic period.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; †Sauropterygia – superorder; †Plesiosauria – order; †Pliosauroidea – suborder; †Pliosauridae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Liopleurodon ferox (type species), †Liopleurodon pachydeirus (possible junior synonym of †Liopleurodon ferox) – extinct species
Descendants
- → English: liopleurodon
References
- Liopleurodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Liopleurodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Liopleurodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons