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

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

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

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

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

Enaliosauria :: Enaliosauria (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders..

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

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

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

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

Pterodactyli :: Pterodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Pterosauria.

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

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

Plesiosauria :: Plesiosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia..

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)..

Stegosaurus :: Stegosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies..

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

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

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

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..