eureptile

English

Etymology

From eu- +‎ reptile, influenced by Eureptilia.

Noun

eureptile (plural eureptiles)

1. (zoology) Any member of the Eureptilia.
   • 2015 September 10, “Anatomy of the Enigmatic Reptile Elachistosuchus huenei Janensch, 1949 (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Triassic of Germany and Its Relevance for the Origin of Sauria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     There are, however, reasons to believe that aquatic or semiaquatic habits were more widespread among eureptiles than traditionally assumed and that the exclusion of aquatic or semi-aquatic taxa biases the analyses.

Synonyms

• eureptilian

Hypernyms

• reptile

Hyponyms

• captorhinid, cotylosaur
• romeriid, romeriidan