sauropterygian

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Various sauropterygians

Etymology[edit]

translingual Sauropterygia +‎ -ian

Noun[edit]

sauropterygian (plural sauropterygians)

  1. A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.
    • 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 66:
      The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers.

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