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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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Sauroid :: Sauroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the saurians.

Plesiosaur :: Plesiosaur (n.) One of the Plesiosauria.

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

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

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

Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..

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

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

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

Enaliosaurian :: Enaliosaurian (n.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Sauropterygia :: Sauropterygia (n. pl.) Same as Plesiosauria.

Sauropoda :: Sauropoda (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix..

Pelicosauria :: Pelicosauria (n. pl.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation..

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

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

Mosasaur :: Mosasaur (n.) Alt. of Mosasauria.

Pythonomorpha :: Pythonomorpha (n. pl.) Same as Mosasauria.

Sea Saurian :: Sea saurian (n.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera..

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

Laelaps :: Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high..