Dinosaur
The term dinosaur ( Greek σαῦρος sauros , lizard ',' salamander ') generally stands for the larger fossil amphibians (e.g. Stegocephalia ) and reptiles , in the narrower sense for the sometimes huge reptiles of the Mesozoic Era , especially dinosaurs , ichthyosaurs , sauropterygia and Pterosaurs .
See also:
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Archosauria
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Clemens Werner : Word elements of Latin-Greek technical terms in the biological sciences (= Suhrkamp Taschenbuch . Volume 64 ). 1st edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a. M. 1972, p. 364 .
- ^ Ulrich Lehmann : Paleontological Dictionary . 4th edition. Enke Verlag , Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-432-83574-4 , p. 209 .
further reading
- Rainer Schoch (Ed.): Saurier. Expedition into prehistoric times . Jan Thorbecke Verlag , Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-9089-1 .