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Archosaur

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  1. 1
    A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.

    "The predominance of archosaurs over other reptiles might be a consequence of their more advanced mode of locomotion compared with their relatives."

  2. 2
    extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “leader”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).

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