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Evolutionary relationships
presented below. The earliest discoveries of pterosaurs were partnered with debate over their classification and relatedness to modern animals, beginning
Pterosaur_classification
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
Anhanguera (Portuguese: [ɐɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛɾɐ] ) is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age, 112 to 100 million years ago)
Anhanguera_(pterosaur)
List of dinosaurs List of plesiosaurs List of pterosaur classifications Pterosaur Timeline of pterosaur research Haaramo, Mikko (15 November 2005). "Pterosauria"
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Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Europejara is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous epoch in what is now Spain. The only known specimen
Europejara
Extinct order of flying reptiles
Pterosaurs are an extinct clade of warm-blooded flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic
Pterosaur
Genus of pterosaur of the Late Cretaceous
Ancient Greek pteron 'wing', an- 'without', and odon 'tooth' is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps
Pteranodon
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous
Quetzalcoatlus (/kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/ ) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America
Quetzalcoatlus
Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
genus of extinct pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified
Pterodactylus
Genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Istiodactylus is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago. The first fossil was discovered on the
Istiodactylus
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
have been found in Portugal as well. The classification and taxonomy of Rhamphorhynchus, like many pterosaur species known since the Victorian era, is
Rhamphorhynchus
Various classifications of Dinosauria
between pterosaurs and dinosaurs within the group Dinosauromorpha, and the Triassic taxon Scleromochlus could be found as either closer to pterosaurs or outside
Dinosaur_classification
Superfamily of pterodactyloid pterosaurs
meaning "azhdarchid-like forms") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Pterosaurs belonging to this group lived throughout the
Azhdarchoidea
Family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period
Tupi word meaning 'the lord of the ways') is a family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Members are currently known from Africa, Asia
Tapejaridae
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Hatzegopteryx ("Hațeg basin wing") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuș-Ciula Formation, an outcropping
Hatzegopteryx
Genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Barbaridactylus is a nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous
Barbaridactylus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Ctenochasma (meaning "comb jaw") is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently
Ctenochasma
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
(from a Tupi word meaning "the lord of the path") is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous period (Santana Group, dating to about 127 to 112
Tapejara_wellnhoferi
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur
Cearadactylus is an extinct genus of large anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The only known species
Cearadactylus
Genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the Jurassic period
Kunpengopterus is a genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the middle-late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China. The genus contains two
Kunpengopterus
Genus of pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
Cimoliopterus is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now England and the United States. The first known specimen, consisting
Cimoliopterus
Family of large azhdarchoid pterosaurs
azhdar, اژدر, a dragon-like creature in Persian mythology) is a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the Late Cretaceous. Azhdarchids include the largest
Azhdarchidae
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Arambourgiania (meaning "Camille Arambourg's") is a genus of pterosaur, an extinct group of flying reptiles, that inhabited Jordan during the Maastrichtian
Arambourgiania
This timeline of pterosaur research is a chronologically ordered list of important fossil discoveries, controversies of interpretation, and taxonomic
Timeline of pterosaur research
Timeline_of_pterosaur_research
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
(from the Greek ανоυρα γναθος "frog jaw") is an extinct genus of small pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Altmühltal Formation of Germany. Anurognathus was
Anurognathus
2010 French film
mummified Egyptian physician to save her comatose sister, all while a pterosaur terrorizes the city. Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, and Jean-Paul
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)
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Extinct genus of pterosaur
Eudimorphodon is an extinct genus of pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by
Eudimorphodon
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic period
Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur known from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China
Jeholopterus
Extinct clade of reptiles
Pterosauromorpha (meaning "pterosaur-like forms") is one of the two basic divisions of Ornithodira that includes pterosaurs and all taxa that are closer
Pterosauromorpha
Clade of basal pterosaurs
Eopterosauria is a proposed clade of basal pterosaurs from the Triassic. The term was first used in Andres et al. (2014) to include Preondactylus, Austriadactylus
Eopterosauria
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
personification of the Tupi supreme deity) is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It is known from
Tupandactylus
Clade of bird-like archosaur reptiles
two most successful groups of avemetatarsalians were the dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals for much of the Mesozoic
Avemetatarsalia
known opalised skeleton on Earth". The "African pterosaur" is an informal name given to a pterosaur specimen from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, which
List of informally named Mesozoic reptiles
List_of_informally_named_Mesozoic_reptiles
Genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
dubious genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur, based on a very small specimen originally described as the smallest known adult pterosaur to date. It lived in the
Nemicolopterus
Genus of pterosaur from Scotland
Ceoptera (meaning "mist wing") is an extinct genus of darwinopteran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains
Ceoptera
Genus of ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
(from Ancient Greek "ὄρνις", meaning bird, and "χεῖρ", meaning hand) is a pterosaur genus known from fragmentary fossil remains uncovered from sediments in
Ornithocheirus
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs
Xericeps is an extinct genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was discovered from the Kem Kem Beds of southeastern
Xericeps
Genus of anhanguerian pterosaurs
(meaning "sea phantom") is an extinct genus of anhanguerian pteranodontoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Toolebuc Formation (Eromanga Basin) of Australia
Haliskia
Group of diapsids broadly classified as reptiles
extinct relatives of birds and crocodilians such as non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, phytosaurs, aetosaurs and rauisuchians as well as many Mesozoic marine
Archosaur
Sixth and last age of the Late Cretaceous
extinction, many commonly recognized groups such as non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, as well as many other lesser-known groups
Maastrichtian
Extinct genus of pterosaur
Dimorphodon (/daɪˈmɔːrfədɒn/ dy-MOR-fə-don) is a genus of medium-sized pterosaur that lived in Europe during the early Jurassic Period (about 201-191 million
Dimorphodon
Clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs
Pteranodontia is an extinct group of ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaurs. It lived during the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian stages)
Pteranodontia
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Triassic
peh-TY-nə-SOR-əs; meaning "winged lizard") was a prehistoric genus of pterosaur. It lived in the late Triassic period in the late Norian age (about 218-215
Peteinosaurus
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Scaphognathus was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of 0.9 m (3 ft). The first known Scaphognathus specimen
Scaphognathus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Aerotitan is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina. Its only
Aerotitan
Genus of thalassodromid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Thalassodromeus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original
Thalassodromeus
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Triassic
(/səˌlɛstɪˈvɛntəs/ sə-LES-tih-VEN-təs, meaning "heavenly wind") is a pterosaur genus from the Late Triassic (latest Norian or Rhaetian) found in western
Caelestiventus
Genus of campylognathoidid pterosaur from the Early Jurassic
Campylognathoides is an extinct genus of pterosaur discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits (dated to the early Toarcian age) of Germany; this first
Campylognathoides
Extinct genus of reptiles
Harpactognathus (meaning "seizing/grasping jaw") is a genus of pterosaur, a group of extinct flying reptiles, that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage
Harpactognathus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Tropeognathus (meaning "keel jaw") is a genus of large pterosaurs from the late Early Cretaceous of South America. This genus is considered to be a member
Tropeognathus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Ludodactylus (meaning "play finger") is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Crato
Ludodactylus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs
Infernodrakon (meaning "dragon from hell") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States
Infernodrakon
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Azhdarcho /ɑːʒˈdɑːrxoʊ/ is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Bissekty Formation (middle Turonian stage, about 92
Azhdarcho
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
many ornithocheiroid pterosaurs named during the 19th century, Coloborhynchus has a highly convoluted history of classification. Over the years numerous
Coloborhynchus
Suborder of monofenestratan pterosaurs
δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group
Pterodactyloidea
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur
Thanatosdrakon is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Coniacian and Santonian ages of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina
Thanatosdrakon
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Cryodrakon is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the late Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Canada, around 76
Cryodrakon
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur
Bakonydraco is a genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian stage) of what is now the Csehbánya Formation of the Bakony
Bakonydraco
Extinct genus of reptiles
Tendaguripterus was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian to Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Middle Saurian Beds (Tendaguru Formation)
Tendaguripterus
Extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs
Petrodactyle (meaning "stone finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation (Solnhofen limestone) of Bavaria
Petrodactyle
Clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs
Ornithocheiromorpha (from Ancient Greek, meaning "bird hand form") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Fossil remains of this group date
Ornithocheiromorpha
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic period
Luopterus (meaning "Lü Junchang's wing") is an extinct genus of anurognathid pterosaur containing only the holotype species L. mutoudengensis that is known from
Luopterus
Genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
dsungaripterid pterosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China and possibly South Korea. Its fossils come from the Wuerho Pterosaur Fauna
Dsungaripterus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Phosphatodraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Morocco. In 2000 a pterosaur specimen consisting of five cervical
Phosphatodraco
Genus of preondactylian pterosaur from the Late Triassic
Austriadactylus is a genus of primitive pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic (middle Norian age, about 215 million years ago)
Austriadactylus
Genus of wukongopterid pterosaurs
Darwinopterus (meaning "Darwin's wing") is a genus of pterosaur, discovered in China and named after biologist Charles Darwin. Between 30 and 40 fossil
Darwinopterus
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur
Batrachognathus is an extinct genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of the central Asian
Batrachognathus
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Alanqa is a genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem Group of southeastern Morocco. The
Alanqa
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Sinopterus (meaning "Chinese wing") is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang,
Sinopterus
Genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Bennettazhia is a genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur which lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous from what is now the Hudspeth Formation
Bennettazhia
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Changchengopterus is a genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from Qinglong County in Hebei Province, China. The fossil specimen, holotype CYGB-0036, of
Changchengopterus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Zhejiangopterus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur known from one species, which lived in China during the late Cretaceous Period. The genus was named
Zhejiangopterus
Genus of boreopterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Boreopterus is a genus of boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Dalian, Liaoning, China
Boreopterus
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Nesodactylus was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the middle-late Oxfordian age Upper Jurassic Jagua Formation of Pinar del Río, western Cuba
Nesodactylus
Genus of thalassodromid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Tupuxuara is a genus of thalassodromid pterosaur that lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago. Its remains were
Tupuxuara
Extinct suborder of pterosaurs
The Rhamphorhynchoidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs and represents an evolutionary grade of primitive members of flying reptiles. This
Rhamphorhynchoidea
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Vesperopterylus (meaning "dusk wing") is a genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of China, the geologically youngest
Vesperopterylus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Kepodactylus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado
Kepodactylus
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Alcione is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, dating back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Only one
Alcione_elainus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Caulkicephalus is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Isle of Wight off the coast of England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about
Caulkicephalus
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Simurghia is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period
Simurghia
Family of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
Anurognathidae is a family of small, short-tailed pterosaurs that lived in Europe, Asia, and possibly North America during the Jurassic and Cretaceous
Anurognathidae
Genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Chaoyangopterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur known from a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China. Chaoyangopterus was found in rocks dating
Chaoyangopterus
Clade of ornithocheiroid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period
Greek meaning "toothless wings") is an extinct clade of ornithocheiroid pterosaurs from the Early to Late Cretaceous (early Valanginian to late Maastrichtian
Pteranodontoidea
Genus of rhamphorhynchine pterosaur
pronunciation: [tʲɛrxk] dearc) is a genus of large-bodied rhamphorhynchine pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Lealt Shale Formation of Scotland. The holotype
Dearc
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Caiuajara is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian to Albian stages) of Brazil. It is known from a single type
Caiuajara
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous
Plataleorhynchus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods (Tithonian to Berriasian stages)
Plataleorhynchus
Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Palaeocursornis is a dubious genus of avemetatarsalian, probably an azhdarchoid pterosaur. The only known species, P. corneti, was described in 1984 based on a
Palaeocursornis
Family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period
Thalassodromidae (meaning "sea runners") is a group of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Brazil. All known definitive members
Thalassodromidae
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Montanazhdarcho is a genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of what is now the state of Montana, United States
Montanazhdarcho
Genus of early pterosaurs
Eotephradactylus (meaning "ash-winged dawn goddess") is an extinct genus of pterosaurs known from the Late Triassic of what is now Arizona, United States. The
Eotephradactylus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Yixian Formation of the China
Beipiaopterus
Species of pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
pterodactyloid pterosaur genus Pteranodon from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. P. sternbergi was among the largest pterosaurs, with a
Pteranodon_sternbergi
Clade of breviquartossan pterosaurs
Monofenestrata is a clade of pterosaurs. It includes the pterosaurs in which the nasal and antorbital fenestra (openings/holes) in the skull are merged
Monofenestrata
Genus of archaeopterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Aerodactylus (meaning "wind finger", after the Pokémon Aerodactyl) is a pterosaur genus containing a single species, Aerodactylus scolopaciceps. The fossil
Aerodactylus
Genus of gallodactylid pterosaur Late Jurassic
Cycnorhamphus (meaning "swan beak") is a genus of gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic period of France and Germany, about 152 million
Cycnorhamphus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
ornithocheiriform pterosaur recovered from the Early Cretaceous marine Toolebuc Formation in Queensland, Australia. Thapunngaka represents the largest pterosaur known
Thapunngaka
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Early Jurassic
Dorygnathus ("spear jaw") was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, when shallow seas flooded much
Dorygnathus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Maaradactylus is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous period (Aptian to Albian stages) of the Romualdo Formation
Maaradactylus
Genus of lonchodectid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Lonchodectes (meaning "lance biter") is a genus of lonchodectid pterosaur from several formations dating to the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of England
Lonchodectes
Genus of pterosaur
Rexarthuria is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur known from parts of a single humerus (upper arm bone) found in the early Cretaceous (Valanginian
Rexarthuria
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Target
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Traditional
King of Love
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One of the prophet muhammads names, Victory, The two opening letters of surah in the Quran
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Goddess of the Moon; Safe; Perfection
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Tobias, the Lord is kind
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n. pl.
Same as Pterosauria.
n.
The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
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Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.
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Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
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According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.
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An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
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That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
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More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
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Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.
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That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
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One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
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The science of names or of their classification.
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The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
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An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
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The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.
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Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.
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A pterodactyl.
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That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
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An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.
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Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.