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pterosauria
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pterosauria, n. pl. [NL.].
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli Ornithosauria
" The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported by the greatly enlarged outer or “ little” fingers of the hands. The American Cretaceous pterodactyls had no teeth. See Pteranodontia , and Pterodactyl ." [1913 Webster]
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