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archosaur Palæont. and Zool.|ˈɑːkəʊsɔː(r)|
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An archosaurian reptile (living or extinct).
1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. viii. 163 The archosaurs are unique in that they tended toward a bipedal gait, the animal running semi-erect on its hind legs. 1962New Scientist 5 July 34 The remains of small archosaurs, probably representative of the primitive stock from which the dinosaurs originated. 1979Nature 17 May 234/1 We recently began a study of the otic region in archosaurs and birds, in search of advanced, homologous features, which would give definitive support to one theory or the other. 1981J. Z. Young Life of Vertebrates (ed.3) xiv. 312/2 The archosaurs were the dominant land animals of the late Mesozoic, and they include the dinosaurs and pterosaurs. 1983New Scientist 7 Apr. 12/2 The thecodontians were the first of the archosaurs. |