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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAURISCHIAN

From New Latin Saurischia, from saurus + ischium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SAURISCHIAN

saurischian  [sɔːˈrɪskɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAURISCHIAN

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conjunction
determiner
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Saurischian can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES SAURISCHIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

saurischian

Saurischia

Saurischia (/sɔːˈrɪskiə/ saw-RIS-kee-ə, from the Greek sauros (σαυρος) meaning 'lizard' and ischion (ισχιον) meaning 'hip joint') is one of the two basic divisions of dinosaurs. In 1888, Harry Seeley classified dinosaurs into two orders, based on their hip structure, though today most paleontologists classify Saurischia as an unranked clade rather than an order. Saurischians ('lizard-hipped') are distinguished from the ornithischians ('bird-hipped') by retaining the ancestral configuration of bones in the hip. Sauropod and theropod dinosaurs fall under the class Saurischia. Ornithischia (bird hipped dinosaurs) consists of Ceratopsians and dinosaurs such as Parasaurolophus and Corythosaurus. All carnivorous dinosaurs (the theropods) are saurischians, as are one of the two primary lineages of herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs. At the end of the Cretaceous Period, all saurischians except the birds became extinct. This is referred to as the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

Definition of saurischian in the English dictionary

The definition of saurischian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Saurischia, an order of late Triassic to Cretaceous dinosaurs including the theropods and sauropods. Other definition of saurischian is any dinosaur belonging to the order Saurischia; a lizard-hipped dinosaur.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAURISCHIAN


Algonkian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
Algonquian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
archaean
ɑːˈkɪən
Archilochian
ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən
batrachian
bəˈtreɪkɪən
Chomskyan
ˈtʃɒmskɪən
conquian
ˈkɒŋkɪən
Czechoslovakian
ˌtʃɛkəʊsləʊˈvækɪən
Gulbenkian
ɡʊlˈbɛŋkɪən
Kentuckian
kɛnˈtʌkɪən
Lamarckian
lɑːˈmɑːkɪən
Noachian
nəʊˈeɪkɪən
ornithischian
ˌɔːnɪˈθɪskɪən
Pickwickian
pɪkˈwɪkɪən
Roscian
ˈrɒskɪən
Seljukian
sɛlˈdʒuːkɪən
Slovakian
sləʊˈvækɪən
tauromachian
ˌtɔːrəˈmeɪkɪən
Volscian
ˈvɒlskɪən
Wallachian
wɒˈleɪkɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAURISCHIAN

sauna
Saunders
saunter
saunterer
sauntering
saunteringly
saurel
saurian
sauries
saurognathous
sauroid
sauropod
sauropodous
sauropsidan
sauropterygian
saury
sausage
sausage dog
sausage machine
sausage meat

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAURISCHIAN

Appalachian
Chian
Christadelphian
Corinthian
Delphian
East Lothian
Gandhian
labyrinthian
Malpighian
Memphian
Midlothian
orthian
Paphian
Parthian
Pythian
Scythian
selachian
Tsimshian
Walachian
West Lothian

Synonyms and antonyms of saurischian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «saurischian» into 25 languages

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蜥臀目
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saurischian
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saurischian
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saurischian
380 millions of speakers
ar

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saurischian
280 millions of speakers

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saurischian
278 millions of speakers

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saurischian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

saurischian
260 millions of speakers

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saurischiens
220 millions of speakers

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Saurischian
190 millions of speakers

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saurischian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

saurischian
130 millions of speakers

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saurischian
85 millions of speakers

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Saurischian
85 millions of speakers
vi

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saurischian
80 millions of speakers

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saurischian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉरीशियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saurischian
70 millions of speakers

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saurischian
65 millions of speakers

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saurischian
50 millions of speakers

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saurischian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saurischian
30 millions of speakers
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saurischian
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

saurischian
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

saurischian
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

saurischian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saurischian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAURISCHIAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAURISCHIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saurischian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAURISCHIAN»

Discover the use of saurischian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saurischian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advanced ECDL: Spreadsheets
... Ornithischian Ornithischian Ornithischian Ornithischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Saurischian Corythosaurus ...
M. Strawbridge, 2006
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Facebook API Developers Guide
10. 10. 10. 4. G EOLOGICTIME G EOLOGICTIME G EOLOGICTIME ON OURP LANET G EOLOGICTIME ON OURP LANET G EOLOGICTIME G EOLOGICTIME PREDATORY SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS: THE THEROPODS PREDATORY ...
Wayne Graham, 2008
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Geology For Dummies
The saurischian dinosaurs had lizard-like hip structure, illustrated in Figure 20-6 on the right. This group had two distinct branches of dinosaurs, or suborders: the sauropods and theropods. The sauropods were most common in the earlier part  ...
Alecia M. Spooner, 2011
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The Dinosauria: Second Edition
The saurischian affinity of Chindesaurus is suggested by features such as the chonoe on the dorsal vertebrae and the expanded transverse processes of the second sacral vertebra, which roofs the space cranial to the caudal margin of its rib.
David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska, 2004
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Vertebrate Palaeontology
8.3 THE DIVERSITY OF SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS Dinosaurs have traditionally been divided into two groups, the Saurischia and the Ornithischia, on the basis of their radically different pelvic regions. Indeed, the hindlimbs play a large part ...
Michael J. Benton, 2009
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The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book
How were Cretaceous period saurischian dinosaurs different from Jurassic dinosaurs? When compared to the Jurassic period, the Cretaceous period saurischian dinosaurs were still divided into the large, plant-eating sauropods ( Sauropoda) ...
Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, 2010
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Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico
The saurischian record for Mexico is less well known than that of the ornithischians. It extends back to the late Early Jurassic to the latest Cretaceous, a span of 116 million years. Theropods were unknown from Mexico until their discovery by ...
Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Kenneth Carpenter, Eberhard Frey, 2014
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Biology
Saurischians Pubis Ilium Coelophysis Hip socket (a) The saurischian pelvis. Note the opening (hip socket), a trait possessed by no (b) The ornithischian pelvis. Note that it has the hole in the hip socket but differs from the saurischian pelvis in  ...
Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana Martin, 2014
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Dinosaur Paleobiology
Fortunately, such characters do indeed exist, and the roster of saurischian novelties is being continuously refined as new fossils of Triassic dinosaurs emerge. All saurischians share derived features of the neck, hand, and feet ( Sereno, 1997, ...
Stephen L. Brusatte, 2012
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Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition
of basal saurischian dinosaurs, Herrerasaurus (Reig 1963; Novas 1994; Sereno 1994; Sereno and Novas 1994; Langer and Benton 2006; figure 4.15) and the smaller Eoraptor (Sereno et al. 1993), are known only from the lower third of the ...
Hans-Dieter Sues, Nicholas C. Fraser, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAURISCHIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saurischian is used in the context of the following news items.
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These 81-million-year-old teeth are the first bit of evidence of …
Theropod dinosaurs were a group of saurischian dinosaurs that were originally carnivorous, but some evolved to not eat meat. Paleobiogeography is the study ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
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For the First Time, a Dinosaur Fossil Discovered In Washington
It is a diverse group of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs. It contains the largest carnivores creature such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. However, the ... «Apex Beats, May 15»
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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: What Have the Romans Ever …
Birds evolved from a branch of saurischian dinosaurs known as theropods during the late Jurassic, about 160 million years ago. You might think of birds as the ... «Lost Coast Outpost, May 15»
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New species of herbivorous dinosaur discovered in Siberia
The bones belonged to an adult titanosaur, a four-legged Saurischian dinosaur that lived from the Jurassic period and until the end of the Mesozoic era. Source: ... «Russia and India Report, Apr 15»
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Herbivorous feathered dinosaur fossils discovered in Transbaikal …
"Remains of feathered dinosaurs were found in China 15 years ago but all of them belonged to the Saurischian group and were predators," he said. «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Apr 15»
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Russian scientists discover new species of herbivorous dinosaur
The bones belonged to an adult titanosaur, a four-legged Saurischian dinosaur that lived from the Jurassic period and until the end of the Mesozoic era. Source: ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Apr 15»
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Secrets of the American Museum of Natural History
The skull you see mounted atop the Tyrannosaurus rex that stands inside the museum's Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs is actually fake. The real head is inside a ... «amNY, Feb 15»
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The strange creatures that used to roam Britain
Baryonyx is a genus of carnivorous saurischian dinosaur first discovered in clay pits just south of Dorking, England, and later reported from fossils found in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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How the shape of eggs can help explain the evolutionary history of …
Researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, examined eggshell geometry from the transition of theropods - a sub-order of the Saurischian dinosaurs - into ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
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New Fox-Sized Dinosaur Unearthed In Venezuela
The other major dinosaur lineage were the saurischian or "lizard-hipped" dinosaurs, which included giant long-necked sauropods such as Brachiosaurus and ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»

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