Plesiosauria
plural nounDefinition of Plesiosauria
1 : a suborder of Sauropterygia comprising Mesozoic marine reptiles with dorsoventrally flattened bodies and limbs modified into paddles — compare plesiosaurus
2 in some classifications : an order of Reptilia nearly coextensive with Sauropterygia
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