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n. - An extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb.

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  • I got yours and Luis 'and loved both, but I have to say that sleigh - pulling pterosaur is very cool!
  • The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones.
  • (And, I know that there is at least one investigation in northern Mexico now, for "pterosaur" - like creatures.)
  • A pterosaur was a winged creature closely related to both crocodiles and dinosaurs.
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