A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

In the Crocodilia and Dinosauria the supratemporal is omitted, and in Sauropterygia it is fused with the supra - mastoid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

Jointed elements in the Naden Harbour specimen’s ‘tail pseudo-fluke’ (their term) were interpreted by Bousfield and LeBlond as being homologous with the hindlimb elements of Mesozoic marine reptiles, and they pointed in particular to a close similarity with the hindlimb of a pachypleurosaur (pachypleurosaurs are Triassic members of Sauropterygia, the reptile clade that includes plesiosaurs).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference

Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

It is manifested by the combination of modern crocodilian, chelonian, and lacertian characters in the Cryptodontia and the Dicnyodontia, and by the combined lacertian and crocodilian characters in the Thecodontia and Sauropterygia. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays] Reference

Sauropterygia.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]