dinosaurian

[ dahy-nuh-sawr-ee-uhn ]

/ ˌdaɪ nəˈsɔr i ən /

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adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.

noun

a dinosaur.

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Origin of dinosaurian

<New Latin Dinosauri(a) (1841), originally a name for a suborder or tribe (see dino-, saurian) + -an

“This paper provides yet another piece of evidence to show just how modern dinosaurs—the birds—are biologically so similar to their extinct non-avian dinosaurian relatives, even to the point of showing similar diseases,” he said in an email.
Even dinosaurs couldn’t escape the sniffles|Kate Baggaley|February 11, 2022|Popular-Science
In the Dinosaurian genus Cœlurus this condition is as well marked in the tail and back as it is in the neck.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
Certain footprints in the coal measures of Kansas have been supposed to belong to lacertilian or dinosaurian forms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
In the ancient dinosaurian reptiles, upright walkers, the same was the case.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris

Had she been a dinosaurian making Mesozoic footprints, I could not have been more fearful.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp
Ceteosaurus, set-e-o-saw′rus, n. a large dinosaurian reptile belonging to the Jurassic system.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various