Definition of Pterosauria. Meaning of Pterosauria. Synonyms of Pterosauria

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Definition of Pterosauria

Pterosauria
Ornithosauria Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-, and Sauria.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.
Pterosauria
Pterosauria Pter`o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli}, and Ornithosauria}. Note: The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported by the greatly enlarged outer or `` little' fingers of the hands. The American Cretaceous pterodactyls had no teeth. See Pteranodontia, and Pterodactyl.

Meaning of Pterosauria from wikipedia

- Pterosaurs are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Tri****ic to the end...
- comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Pterosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted...
- sometimes used to refer to any kind of animal belonging to the order Pterosauria, though most of the time to Pterodactylus itself and the distantly-related...
- was a phylogenetic study of Quetzacoatlus and its relationships within Pterosauria, with a focus on the persistence of many lineages into the Late Cretaceous...
- A. W. A.; Langston, W. (1996). "Cranial remains of Quetzalcoatlus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park...
- Crocodylus niloticus). Gauthier referred Aves, all other Dinosauria, all Pterosauria, and a variety of Tri****ic archosaurs, including Lagosuchus and Scleromochlus...
- taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria) – ZooKeys Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid...
- Lonchognatha to be valid (Andres et al., 2010), or synonymous with the Pterosauria (Andres, 2010). Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic analysis...
- specimens as "distinguished from all previously known genera of the order Pterosauria by the entire absence of teeth." Marsh recognized that this characteristic...
- Samir Zouhri; Nicholas R. Longrich (2020). "New toothed pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the middle Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco...