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archosauria

noun

Pronunciation: ˌɑːrkəˈsɔːriə

A major group of diapsid amniotes that includes all living crocodilians and birds, as well as their extinct relatives like dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

Paleontologists study Archosauria to understand how these animals survived the mass extinction event at the end of the Triassic period.
The classification of Archosauria has been refined significantly as scientists discover more fossilized remains of early ancestors.
Birds are the only surviving members of the dinosaur lineage within the broader clade of Archosauria.

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