plagiosaur means any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.
Etymology
Clipping of taxonomic name Plagiosauroidea or Plagiosauridae. By surface analysis, plagio- + -saur.
noun
- Any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.“Certain short-faced Triassic forms tend to have reduced counts; the brachyopid Batrachosuchus having but 17 maxillary teeth and the plagiosaur Gerrothorax having somewhat over 26.”