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Winged, flying prehistoric reptiles that were closely related to dinosaurs. Pterosaur means "winged lizard". Quadraped Any creature that walks on four legs.
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Any of a group of extinct flying reptiles with large bat-like wings, including pterodactyls and rhamphorhynchoids. Their mode of life probably involved swooping over the sea to catch fish. They became extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs.
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Winged lizards that ruled the skies at the time of the dinosaurs; now-extinct reptiles with the ability to fly, including pterodactyls; some pterosaurs were as small as a sparrow while others were as large as an airplane.
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reptiles of the Mesozoic Era that were capable of true flight.
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extinct group of flying, lizard-like reptiles that lived in Mesozoic times.
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The name given to a group of giant flying reptiles which lived between the Late Triassic and Cretaceous periods.
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