subclass Synapsida

subclass Synapsida
noun
extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
Syn: ↑Synapsida
Hypernyms: ↑class
Member Holonyms: ↑Reptilia, ↑class Reptilia

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  • Therapsida — noun extinct mammal like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic • Syn: ↑order Therapsida • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Synapsida, ↑subclass Synapsida • …   Useful english dictionary

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  • synapsid — noun Etymology: New Latin Synapsida, from Greek syn + apsid , apsis arch, vault more at apsis Date: 1956 any of a subclass (Synapsida) of extinct chiefly Permian and Triassic reptiles (as the pelycosaurs) that resembled mammals, had a single pair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • mammal-like reptile — noun Any basal member of the Synapsida, related to the mammals but superficially resembling reptiles. The mammal like reptiles, constituting the subclass Synapsida, were among the earliest to appear of known reptilian groups and had passed the… …   Wiktionary

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