order Stegocephalia

order Stegocephalia
noun
in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
Syn: ↑Stegocephalia
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑amphibia, ↑class Amphibia

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  • Stegocephalia — noun in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia • Syn: ↑order Stegocephalia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑amphibia, ↑class Amphibia * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stegocephalia — Taxobox name = Stegocephalia* fossil range =Devonian to Jurassic image caption= Proterogyrinus , an Anthracosaur regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata unranked classis = Amphibia sensu lato ordo = Stegocephalia*Stegocephalia is an old term for… …   Wikipedia

  • order Stereospondyli — noun formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece most vertebrates are stereospondylous • Syn: ↑Stereospondyli • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • order Temnospondyli — noun formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate • Syn: ↑Temnospondyli • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder… …   Useful english dictionary

  • animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order …   Useful english dictionary

  • amphibia — noun the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians • Syn: ↑class Amphibia • Derivationally related forms: ↑amphibious • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • class Amphibia — noun the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians • Syn: ↑amphibia • Derivationally related forms: ↑amphibious (for: ↑amphibia) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Temnospondyli — Temnospondyls Temporal range: Early Carboniferous Early Cretaceous, 330–120 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present …   Wikipedia

  • Stereospondyli — noun formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece most vertebrates are stereospondylous • Syn: ↑order Stereospondyli • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Temnospondyli — Temnospondyli …   Wikipédia en Français

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