What's the difference between pterosaur and pterosauria?

Pterosaur


Definition:

  • (n.) A pterodactyl.

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  • (1) The film uses new technology to transport viewers back 200 million years, to the time when pterosaurs lived – flying creatures with a wingspan of up to 14 metres.
  • (2) "3D is a wonderful way of seeing the world as the pterosaurs did, and it's to Sky's credit that they've taken on the challenge to be the first to broadcast in 3D."
  • (3) Adults £8.50, 5-15 years £6.25 Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight Since it's almost the law that small boys (and a good many girls) fall in love with all things Jurassic from the age of four, Dinosaur Isle, (shaped like a pterosaur , naturally) makes a perfect day out.
  • (4) Forthcoming highlights include Melvyn Bragg's arts series, Eddie Izzard in Treasure Island and a David Attenborough film about pre-historic flying lizards, pterosaurs, which is scheduled for Christmas.

Pterosauria


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.

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