What's the difference between pterosaur and pterosauria?
Pterosaur
Definition:
(n.) A pterodactyl.
Example Sentences:
(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.