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Definition of sauria

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Sauria (n. pl.) A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia..

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Sauroidichnite :: Sauroidichnite (n.) The fossil track of a saurian.

Ichthyopterygia :: Ichthyopterygia (n. pl.) See Ichthyosauria.

Plesiosaurian :: Plesiosaurian (n.) A plesiosaur.

Dinosaurian :: Dinosaurian (n.) One of the Dinosauria.

Halisauria :: Halisauria (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria.

Pterosaurian :: Pterosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.

Mosasauria :: Mosasauria (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria..

Sauroid :: Sauroid (a.) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish..

Enaliosaurian :: Enaliosaurian (a.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.

Paleosaurus :: Paleosaurus (n.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

Mesosauria :: Mesosauria (n.) Same as Mosasauria.

Dinosaur :: Dinosaur (n.) Alt. of Dinosauria.

Pterosauria :: Pterosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria..

Thecodontia :: Thecodontia (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..

Ichthyosaurian :: Ichthyosaurian (n.) One of the Ichthyosauria.

Saurian :: Saurian (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria..

Compsognathus :: Compsognathus (n.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features..

Ichthyosaurian :: Ichthyosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.

Lepidosauria :: Lepidosauria (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata..