saurischian in English
noun
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a saurischian dinosaur.
Ornithodirans, saurischians , and sauropods are all characterized by having longer necks than their immediate outgroups.
adjective
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of, relating to, or denoting dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards.
The theropod (meaning ‘beast-footed’) dinosaurs are a diverse group of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs.
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1. Apatosaurus (ăp'ətəsôr`əs, ā'păt'ə–), [Gr.,=deceptive lizard], quadruped saurischian dinosaur dinosaur [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic era
2. In sauropsid species, the Cervical vertebrae bear Cervical ribs.In lizards and saurischian dinosaurs, the Cervical ribs are large; in birds, they are small