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Definition of archosaurian in English: archosaurianadjective Zoology See archosaur Example sentencesExamples - Ceratosaurians also had strongly curved S-shaped necks like birds do; this is a trait inherited from a distant archosaurian ancestor.
- It is interesting that as the archosaurian reptiles were becoming larger, the cynodonts became smaller, perhaps nocturnal.
- The hot dry Pangean deserts of the Triassic would witness the competition between the synapsid proto-mammals that had dominated the land uptil now, and the newly emerged archosaurian reptiles (thecodonts).
- However, as Bock recently cautioned, ‘it is best to consider birds as part of the great archosaurian radiation without being more specific, as has been agreed by zoologists for more than a century.’
- The first vertebrates to evolve true flight were the pterosaurs, flying archosaurian reptiles.
Definition of archosaurian in US English: archosaurianadjectiveˌärkəˈsôrēən Zoology See archosaur Example sentencesExamples - It is interesting that as the archosaurian reptiles were becoming larger, the cynodonts became smaller, perhaps nocturnal.
- Ceratosaurians also had strongly curved S-shaped necks like birds do; this is a trait inherited from a distant archosaurian ancestor.
- The first vertebrates to evolve true flight were the pterosaurs, flying archosaurian reptiles.
- However, as Bock recently cautioned, ‘it is best to consider birds as part of the great archosaurian radiation without being more specific, as has been agreed by zoologists for more than a century.’
- The hot dry Pangean deserts of the Triassic would witness the competition between the synapsid proto-mammals that had dominated the land uptil now, and the newly emerged archosaurian reptiles (thecodonts).
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