pterosauria

Noun

Meaning

An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.

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"Cranial remains of Quetzalcoatlus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park, Texas." Source: Internet

Discovery of additional remains of Pterosauria, with descriptions of two new species. Source: Internet

Marsh recognized this major difference, describing the specimens as "distinguished from all previously known genera of the order Pterosauria by the entire absence of teeth." Source: Internet

"New evidence on the tail of the pterosaur Pteranodon (Archosauria: Pterosauria)." Source: Internet

"The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane." Source: Internet

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