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Dinosaur vs Mosasaur - What's the difference?

dinosaur | mosasaur |

As nouns the difference between dinosaur and mosasaur

is that dinosaur is any of the creatures belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct while mosasaur is an large extinct marine reptile in the family family: Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous; the ancestor of modern snakes.

dinosaur

English

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Alternative forms

* deinosaur (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the creatures belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct
  • (proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago
  • (figuratively, colloquial) A person or organisation that is very old, has very old-fashioned views, or is not willing to change and adapt
  • (figuratively, colloquial) Anything no longer in common use or practice

    • Usage notes

    Many animals commonly described as dinosaurs do not belong to Dinosauria, and are not true dinosaurs. These include pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Describing these as dinosaurs is frowned upon in scientific writing but persists in the media and in everyday speech. Conversely, not all members of Dinosauria became extinct in the . Those that survived were the ancestors of modern birds, which therefore also belong to Dinosauria. However, birds are not usually described as dinosaurs, except in some popular science writing.

    Synonyms

    * (dinosaur excluding birds) non-avian dinosaur * (person who is very old) fossil, old fart

    Derived terms

    * -saur

    External links

    * ("dinosaur" on Wikipedia) ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a (l) (extinct reptile )

    • References

    * ----

    mosasaur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An large extinct marine reptile in the family
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    • , passage=What I find deeply disturbing, however, is that Mr. Ross could believe that the earth was created 10,000 years ago, but nevertheless write in his dissertation that mosasaurs , or marine reptiles, existed more than 65 million years ago. }}

    See also

    * ("mosasaur" on Wikipedia) * (Mosasauridae)