pterosaur

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As inferred from the passage, the skeleton of a pterosaur is distinguishable from that of a bird by the evidence of the hooklike projections on its hind feet

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  1. noun Any of various extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, characterized by wings consisting of a flap of skin supported by the very long fourth digit on each forelimb.

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  • The giant pterosaur was supposedly recovering just fine from its adventure and was eating all the fish they could toss into its enormous beak. —  Time Scout
  • A sufficiently capable flyer can rise with it The largest and latest pterosaur was Quetzalcoatlus. —  AnalogSFF,April2006
  • Some have even claimed it is an extinct pterosaur. —  Doug's Darkworld
  • This ones claim to fame: Creationists have mounted several expeditions to search for the ropen, hoping to find a living pterosaur to bolster their claims that dinosaurs were only recently wiped out in Noah's Flood. —  Doug's Darkworld
  • Living pterosaur: Zero Mokele-mbembe: Another favourite of my youth, or the cryptozoology books of my youth to be more precise. —  Doug's Darkworld
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pterodactylus · rhamphorhynchoid · laopteryx · tropeognathus · tapejara · sordes · scaphognathus · rhamphorhynchus · quetzalcoatlus · pterosaur · pterodaustro

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  1. From New Latin Pterosauria, order name : Greek pteron, feather, wing; see -pter + Greek sauros, lizard.

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  1. from Pterosaur-ia.
 

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