Avemetatarsalia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin metatarsus.

Proper noun

Avemetatarsalia

  1. A taxonomic clade within the clade Archosauria – archosaurs, including birds, dinosaurs, and extinct close relatives, but excluding crocodilians.

References

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