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Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. -- n.

One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian.]

Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. -- n.

One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.

A plesiosaur.

Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.

Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.

A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.

A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers. (Pici).

Like or pertaining to the saurians.

The fossil track of a saurian.

An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the Largest Known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.