saurischian dinosaur meaning

Noun: saurischian dinosaur

1. Herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
   - saurischian

Derived forms: saurischian dinosaurs

Type of: dinosaur

Part of: order Saurischia, Saurischia

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1. The build of the pelvis shows it was a saurischian dinosaur.
2. Saurischian dinosaurs are traditionally distinguished from therizinosaurians.
3. The American Museum of Natural History features AMNH 5027 in its famed Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs to this day.
4. The saurischian dinosaur " Teyuwasu " was named in 1999 on the basis of material originally attributed to " Hoplitosuchus ".
5. Entering the new Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs a visitor walks under a suspended flock of modern gulls represented as close relatives of the tyrannosaur looming behind them.