Definition of dinosauria. Meaning of dinosauria. Synonyms of dinosauria

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Definition of dinosauria

Dinosauria
Dinosauria Di`no*sau"ri*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large ``bird tracks,' so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

Meaning of dinosauria from wikipedia

- Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Tri****ic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years...
- The Dinosauria is an extensive book on dinosaurs, compiled by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska. It has been published in 2 editions...
- or Dinosauria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dinosaurs constitute a group of animals of the clade Dinosauria. Dinosaur, dinosaurs, or Dinosauria may...
- Dinosauria is a museum devoted to dinosaurs in Espéraza, Aude, a département of southern France. Opened in 1992, it is directed by the ****ociation which...
- Dinosauria Park (Gr****: Ο Κόσμος των Δεινοσαύρων, O Kosmos ton Dinosauron) is a dinosaur park located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 kilometres...
- put forth by other paleontologists to divide up the traditional order Dinosauria. He preferred one that had been put forward by Othniel Charles Marsh in...
- avemetatarsalians (archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians) that includes the Dinosauria (dinosaurs) and some of their close relatives. It was originally defined...
- or suborder of Saurian Reptiles, for which I would propose the name of Dinosauria." In 1887 and 1888 Harry Seeley divided dinosaurs into the two orders...
- genus Triceratops has been used as a reference point in the definition of Dinosauria. Dinosaurs have been designated as all descendants of the most recent...
- Shang, Chang Yong; Dong, Zhi-ming (2008). "A new species of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China". Journal...