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Definition of Pterosauria
1. Noun. Extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Archosauria, Subclass Archosauria
Member holonyms: Flying Reptile, Pterosaur, Family Pterodactylidae, Pterodactylidae
Definition of Pterosauria
1. n. pl. An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterosauria
Literary usage of Pterosauria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"There are about twenty different genera of pterodactyls, all included in the
order pterosauria (wing-lizards), 1, ..."
2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... type of vertebra appears first in the extinct group of Reptiles (pterosauria)
adapted for flight; ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"This Suborder is at present unrepresented in the Collection. Suborder pterosauria.
Teeth in both jaws ; cranium without ..."
4. Year-book of Nature and Popular Science for 1872 by John C. Draper (1873)
"New pterosauria.—In describing the pterosauria or extinct flying reptiles recently
found in Western Kansas, Professor Marsh says: The measurements of the ..."
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