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pterosauria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pterosauria has 1 sense
- pterosauria(n = noun.animal) order pterosauria - extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of archosauria, subclass archosauria
CIDE DICTIONARY
pterosauria, n. pl. [NL.].
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli Ornithosauria
" 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 ."
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