Palaeontology 【古生物】
- of, relating to, or denoting dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards（有关）蜥臀目的。比较ORNITHISCHIAN.
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- a saurischian dinosaur蜥臀目恐龙。
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- Order Saurischia, superorder Dinosauria; comprises the carnivorous theropods and the herbivorous sauropods.蜥臂目, 恐龙总目; 包括肉食的兽脚龙和草食的蜥脚龙。
词源
late 19th cent.: from the modern Latin plural Saurischia （from Greek sauros 'lizard' + iskhion 'hip joint'） + -AN.