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”) + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side; rib”) + Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), equivalent to Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”) +‎ pleuro- (“lateral; side”) +‎ -odon

Proper noun

†Liopleurodon m

1. 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 – domain; Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa, Bilateria – subkingdoms; 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