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from The Century Dictionary.
- A name introduced by Cope to distinguish those orders of reptiles which have two temporal arches, the Rhynchocephalia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and Pterosauria.
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- noun a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
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