Definition of Sauropterygia. Meaning of Sauropterygia. Synonyms of Sauropterygia

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Definition of Sauropterygia

Sauropterygia
Sauropterygia Sau*rop`te*ryg"i*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lizard + ?, ?, a wing.] (Paleon.) Same as Plesiosauria.
Sauropterygia
Plesiosauria Ple`si*o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Plesiosaurus.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.

Meaning of Sauropterygia from wikipedia

- Sauropterygia ("lizard flippers") is an extinct taxon of diverse, aquatic reptiles that developed from terrestrial ancestors soon after the end-Permian...
- order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia. Plesiosaurs first appeared in the latest Tri****ic Period, possibly...
- ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1. Liu, Jun (27 November 2014). "A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Tri****ic of SW China and its implications for the Tri****ic...
- (2022). "Washed As**** – New Elasmosaurid Specimens (Plesiosauria: Sauropterygia) from the Late Cretaceous of Colorado and Kansas and Their Bearing on...
- Machine Gasparini, Z.; O'Gorman, J. (2014). "A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jur****ic of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina"...
- Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Tri****ic–Jur****ic Boundary". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e31838. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...
- Druckenmiller; Jørn H. Hurum (2012). "A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Middle Volgian of central Spitsbergen, Norway"...
- B.J. (2010). "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of...
- J. P. (2016). "A Small Body Sized Non-Aristonectine Elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with Comments on...
- functional study of the Callovian (Middle Jur****ic) Pliosauroidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) (Thesis). Chicago: University of Derby. Meyer, H. v. (1841). "Thaumatosaurus...