Saurischia


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Noun1.Saurischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
order Saurischia
animal order - the order of animals
Archosauria, subclass Archosauria - a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
saurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
Sauropodomorpha, suborder Sauropodomorpha - gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)
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(2010): Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments on the theropods.
Systematic review of late Jurassic Sauropods from the Museu Geologico Collections (Lisboa, Portugal)
Quizas la parte mas asombrosa del libro es cuando el autor aborda a 50 especies de dinosaurios como "los protagonistas uno a uno", dibujados con trazos bastante realistas y un completo cladograma discriminando las relaciones filogeneticas entre los diversos miembros de los Saurischia y Ornitischia, siendo practicamente el eje tematico de la obra.
Dinosaurios, un paseo de gigantes
Morfologia del esqueleto axial de los dinosaurios Titanosaurios (Saurischia, Sauropoda) del estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis paleontological site: toward a better understanding

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