Definition of Morosaurus. Meaning of Morosaurus. Synonyms of Morosaurus

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Definition of Morosaurus

Morosaurus
Morosaurus Mo`ro*sau"rus, n. [NL., from Gr. ? stupid + ? lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

Meaning of Morosaurus from wikipedia

- were valid. Morosaurus grandis, Morosaurus lentus, and Morosaurus agilis (now known as Smitanosaurus) were accepted as valid, with Morosaurus impar synonymous...
- species, S. agilis, originally ****igned to the defunct genus Morosaurus. The species Morosaurus agilis was originally named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889...
- synonyms: Morosaurus impar, Morosaurus robustus, and Pleurocoelus mont****. One of these junior synonyms, M. impar, is the type species of Morosaurus, the...
- ****igned to Apatosaurus when he re****igned it to his new genus Morosaurus in 1878. Since Morosaurus has been considered a synonym of Camarasaurus, C. grandis...
- "II—On the Integument of Iguanodon bernissartensis, Boulenger, and of Morosaurus becklesii, Mantell". Geological Magazine. 4 (4): 148–150. Bibcode:1917GeoM...
- publication that the skull was "largely conjectural and based on that of Morosaurus" (now Camarasaurus). In 1909, an Apatosaurus skull was found, during the...
- In 1889, Othniel Marsh described it as a new species, which he named Morosaurus lentus. The skeleton was later mounted in the Peabody Museum Hall in the...
- Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla (2020). "The Late Jur****ic sauropod dinosaur 'Morosaurus' agilis Marsh, 1889 reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid"....
- and gave priority to excavating Quarry 12, which held a more promising Morosaurus skeleton. Having secured that, on July 26 he returned to the humerus in...
- Mantilla, Jeffrey A. (2020-12-23). "The Late Jur****ic sauropod dinosaur 'Morosaurus' agilis Marsh, 1889 reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid"....