Mesosauria
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Mesosauria is an extinct order of early aquatic reptiles from the early Permian period, notable for some of the earliest evidence of secondary adaptation to life in water.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mesosauria canonical | 1 |
| Mesosauridae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20892942 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesosauria Context triple: [Mesosaurus, order, Mesosauria]
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A.
Choristodera
Choristodera is an extinct order of semi-aquatic, reptile-like vertebrates that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Miocene and are best known for crocodile-like forms such as Champsosaurus.
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B.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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C.
Lognkosauria
Lognkosauria is a clade of giant South American titanosaurs known for their extremely robust builds and some of the longest necks among sauropod dinosaurs.
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D.
Archelosauria
Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Osteostraci
Osteostraci is an extinct group of armored, jawless vertebrates known from the Silurian and Devonian periods, notable for their bony head shields and importance in early vertebrate evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesosauria Target entity description: Mesosauria is an extinct order of early aquatic reptiles from the early Permian period, notable for some of the earliest evidence of secondary adaptation to life in water.
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A.
Choristodera
Choristodera is an extinct order of semi-aquatic, reptile-like vertebrates that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Miocene and are best known for crocodile-like forms such as Champsosaurus.
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B.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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C.
Lognkosauria
Lognkosauria is a clade of giant South American titanosaurs known for their extremely robust builds and some of the longest necks among sauropod dinosaurs.
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D.
Archelosauria
Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Osteostraci
Osteostraci is an extinct group of armored, jawless vertebrates known from the Silurian and Devonian periods, notable for their bony head shields and importance in early vertebrate evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mesosauria