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Definition of Pterosaurs
1. pterosaur [n] - See also: pterosaur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterosaurs
Literary usage of Pterosaurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"Flying Reptiles (pterosaurs). — Either because of the overcrowding of the land,
... The pterosaurs varied greatly in size; some were as small as sparrows, ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The pterosaurs.—The flying reptiles made so distinct an advance in. ... If these
forms were the sole ones, the pterosaurs might well be classed with the sea ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The pterosaurs.—The flying reptiles made so distinct an advance in ... If these
forms were the sole ones, the pterosaurs might well be classed with the sea ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The pterosaurs.—The flying reptiles made so distinct an advance in ... If these
forms were the sole ones, the pterosaurs might well be classed with the sea ..."
5. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"... WITH NOTES ON AMERICAN pterosaurs. BY SAMUEL W. WILLISTON, MD, PH.D.
Associate Curator, Division of Paleontology Professor of Paleontology, ..."
6. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1896)
"Among pterosaurs, Marsh has found in the Western Cretaceous the remains of at
least seven species, two of which were twenty to twenty-five feet in alar ..."
7. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"'1 he gap between the pterosaurs and the Birds has, however, ... Upon the whole,
therefore, the relationships of the pterosaurs cannot be regarded as ..."
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