Pterodactyloidea

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Pterodactyloidea [¦ter·ə¦dak·tə′lȯid·ē·ə]

(paleontology)

A suborder of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous reptiles in the order Pterosauria distinguished by lacking tails and having increased functional wing length due to elongation of the metacarpels.

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