Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The only genus of the family Protelidæ, containing one species, the aardwolf or earthwolf of South Africa, P. lalandi. See cut under
aardwolf .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun aardwolf
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Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In March 2000 Matt published (with co-authors Richard Cifelli and R. Kent Sanders) his preliminary description of a giant brachiosaurid from the Antlers Formation of Oklahoma, named Sauroposeidon proteles (Wedel et al. 2000a: download the pdf here).
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part I Darren Naish 2006
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Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma.
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part I Darren Naish 2006
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In March 2000 Matt published (with co-authors Richard Cifelli and R. Kent Sanders) his preliminary description of a giant brachiosaurid from the Antlers Formation of Oklahoma, named Sauroposeidon proteles (Wedel et al. 2000a: download the pdf here).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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One of the larger animals, a behemoth called Sauroposeidon proteles, weighed close to 120,000 pounds as an adult.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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