See Also: anthracosaur(dictionary)

anthracosaur (iou)



anthracosaur noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin Anthracosaurus genus name, from Greek anthrak-, anthrax coal + sauros lizard.]
Palaeontology. Any member of the suborder Anthracosauroideae of labyrinthodont amphibians of the Cretaceous and Permian periods.