Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various extinct aquatic reptiles of the group Sauropterygia that flourished during the Mesozoic Era and included the plesiosaurs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Sauropterygia; plesiosaurian.
- noun A member of the Sauropterygia; a plesiosaur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
extinct lizard of the superorder Sauropterygia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, this ignores the fact that all tetrapods have the same elements in their hindlimbs as do sauropterygians, so the case for interpreting Cadborosaurus as a possible extant sauropterygian lacks supporting evidence.
Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006
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The point of figuring a sauropterygian hindlimb was to show how the skeletal structure of the sauropterygian limb resembled the inferred bony structure of the Naden Harbour ‘tail pseudo-fluke’.
Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006
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The skull of the Callovian plesiosaur Cryptoclidus eurymerus, and the sauropterygian cheek.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The point of figuring a sauropterygian hindlimb was to show how the skeletal structure of the sauropterygian limb resembled the inferred bony structure of the Naden Harbour ‘tail pseudo-fluke’.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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However, this ignores the fact that all tetrapods have the same elements in their hindlimbs as do sauropterygians, so the case for interpreting Cadborosaurus as a possible extant sauropterygian lacks supporting evidence.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The skull of the Callovian plesiosaur Cryptoclidus eurymerus, and the sauropterygian cheek.
Life in the Oxford Clay sea Darren Naish 2006
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