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archosaur::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | archosaurian, archosaurian reptile |
| Type of | diapsid reptile, diapsid |
| Has types | flying reptile, ichthyosaur, nothosaur, plesiosaur, plesiosaurus, pterosaur, thecodont reptile, dinosaur, thecodont |
| Derivation | archosaurian |
Examples of archosaur
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The pterosaur Scaphognathus crassirostris was a day-active, flying archosaur.
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I may be a mammoth, mon ami, but you're an archosaur if not a paleosaur.
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Within the archosaur group, dinosaurs are differentiated most noticeably by their gait.
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In 2006, a fossilized species of archosaur was named after O'Keeffe.
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The evidence, he said, places X. sapingensis on the crocodile side of the archosaur family tree.
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The archosaur protein works well in low light, suggesting that these creatures may have hunted at night.
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The only known specimen of Xilousuchus sapingensis has been reexamined and is now classified as an archosaur.
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It seems that dinosaurs and their archosaur descendants, including birds and crocodiles, have very similar ear structure.
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One of the first studies of archosaur phylogeny was authored by French paleontologist Jacques Gauthier in 1986.
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- Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
- Archosaurs (Greek for 'ruling lizards') are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of modern birds and crocodilians. This group also includes all extinct dinosaurs, many extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs (although their inclusion has been disputed). ...
- A group of diapsid reptiles that includes crocodiles.
- The ruling reptiles. This very diverse group all shared one feature a diapsid skull. The evolution of the Archosaurs would change life on land for more than 200 million years, as this is the group which gave rise to the dinosaurs, the flying pterosaurs, the crocodiles and the birds. ...
