Pseudocrocodilia - Giga Kurui

Japanese: 偽鰐類 - ぎがくるい
Pseudocrocodilia - Giga Kurui

…Biologically speaking, birds, along with mammals, can be said to be the most evolved animals. [Hiroyuki Morioka]
[Systematics and classification]
Animals with characteristics relatively similar to birds are the thecodonts, a class of reptiles that flourished in the Mesozoic era, and in particular the pseudocrocodiles. The pseudocrocodiles were small, carnivorous reptiles with sharp teeth in their jaws and relatively small forelimbs that supported their bodies on two legs like birds.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "pseudocrocodilia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生物学的に見て,鳥類は哺乳類とともにもっとも進化した動物といいうる。【森岡 弘之】
【系統と分類】
 鳥類に比較的近い特徴をそなえた動物は,中生代に繁栄した爬虫類の槽歯(そうし)類,その中でも偽鰐(ぎがく)類である。偽鰐類は小型の食肉性爬虫類で,あごに鋭い歯をそなえ,前肢は比較的小さく,鳥のように2本の脚で体を支えていた。…

※「偽鰐類」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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