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- noun Any of various vertebrates of the group Archosauria, having a single opening in each side of the skull in front of the eye socket, and including the dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs, and modern crocodilians.
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- noun biology Any
reptile of the taxonArchosauria ; includes the extinctdinosaurs ,plesiosaurs ,pterosaurs andichthyosaurs and the moderncrocodiles
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- noun extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
Etymologies
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I also read more of the December issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology — "Comparison and biomechanical interpretations of the vertebrae and osteoderms of Cacops aspidephorus and Dissorophus multicinctus (Temnospondyli; Dissorophoridae)," and "A possible new ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania."
What I Did During My Plague Vacation ( by Me) greygirlbeast 2010
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I also read more of the December issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology — "Comparison and biomechanical interpretations of the vertebrae and osteoderms of Cacops aspidephorus and Dissorophus multicinctus (Temnospondyli; Dissorophoridae)," and "A possible new ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania."
What I Did During My Plague Vacation ( by Me) greygirlbeast 2010
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Pterosaurs are in fact a sister group of crocodilians and dinosaurs (including birds) in the archosaur clade.
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And there's been more from the latest Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, papers on the "rauisuchian" archosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis; the ontogeny of Stegosaurus; ontogenetic and taxonomic implications of pattern and transition of surficial bone texture of the centrosaurine frill; and Adeopapposaurus, a new prosauropod dinosaur from Argentina.
"Fill the night with stories. The legend grows." greygirlbeast 2009
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Pterosaurs are in fact a sister group of crocodilians and dinosaurs (including birds) in the archosaur clade.
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Among the remnants are rare fragments of land life that survived the same period, including part of a conifer plant and the tooth of an archosaur reptile.
Fossil hunters uncover complete 252m year-old underwater world 2010
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In the June issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, which I'm only just now getting around to, I read the type description of the new species of "rauisuchid" archosaur Postosuchus alisonae from the Triassic of North Carolina.
At Least I'm Not At Dragon*Con (Part One) greygirlbeast 2008
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I may have to send this news article to school with her: investigators have found that a mutation in chickens causes them to develop teeth—and the teeth resemble those of the common ancestor of alligators and chickens, an archosaur.
Chicken, archosaur...same difference - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I may have to send this news article to school with her: investigators have found that a mutation in chickens causes them to develop teeth—and the teeth resemble those of the common ancestor of alligators and chickens, an archosaur.
Chicken, archosaur...same difference - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Continue reading "Chicken, archosaur...same difference" on Pharyngula
Chicken, archosaur...same difference - The Panda's Thumb 2006
chained_bear commented on the word archosaur
Crocodilians and birds are living descendants of archosaurs. Others went extinct about 195 million years ago (according to Wikipedia).
September 1, 2008