Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
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pterosaurs
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pterosaurs.
Editorial note
> and in flight even resemble somewhat the classic illustrations of Pterosaurs Pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs.
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Quick take
Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pterosaurs.
noun
Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
Example sentences
> and in flight even resemble somewhat the classic illustrations of Pterosaurs Pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs.
After some quick research online: Plesiosaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs mainly due to the configuration of their skeletons.
The article makes no mention of other clades that lived during the Cretaceous, such as the pterosaurs, or indeed the mammals.
Well actually pterosaurs were way different from birds, and don't even count as dinosaurs.
It’s just one set of muscles that are used for both functions, which is why pterosaurs were able to get so big.
It would be so much cooler to say that the asteroid killed the pterosaurs.
Flight is a classic example, having evolved four completely separate times (bugs, (extinct) pterosaurs, birds, and bats).
As some who doesn't know much about dinosaurs I always assumed pterosaurs are ancestors of birds and not theropods.
The way it arose differently in pterosaurs, birds and bats is fascinating.
Flight developed independently four times in dinosaurs alone, besides the pterosaurs.
That’s also the ancestor of pterosaurs as well as dinosaurs though.
Besides the pterosaurs, I recently learned that proper dinosaurs appear to have evolved flight in at least four separate lineages, independently.
Quote examples
Birds are as much "flying reptiles" as pterosaurs.
> Flight for instance evolved four separate times (bugs, birds, bats, and non-extinct pterosaurs all fly[flew], but none of them share a common ancestor that could also fly.) Surely, "now-extinct pterosaurs", not "non-extinct pterosaurs", unless I missed some very newsworthy discovery.
Proper noun examples
They make a crazy dinosaur sound, and in flight even resemble somewhat the classic illustrations of Pterosaurs.
Pterosaurs almost certainly wouldn't be called reptiles if they existed today.
Pterosaurs were entirely distinct and evolved flight independently from the Aves lineage, indeed they weren’t even dinosaurs (they were related to dinosaurs via common superclade Archosauria, like modern reptiles and crocodilians).
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use pterosaurs in a sentence?
> and in flight even resemble somewhat the classic illustrations of Pterosaurs Pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs.
What does pterosaurs mean?
Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
What part of speech is pterosaurs?
pterosaurs is commonly used as noun.