most vertebrates are stereospondylous
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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
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Labyrinthodonta — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder… … Useful english dictionary
Labyrinthodontia — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta, ↑superorder Labyrinthodonta … Useful english dictionary
superorder Labyrinthodonta — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta •… … Useful english dictionary
superorder Labyrinthodontia — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta, ↑superorder Labyrinthodonta •… … Useful english dictionary
stereospondyl — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈspändəl noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Stereospondyli : an amphibian or fossil of the order Stereospondyli … Useful english dictionary
stereospondylous — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: stere + spondylous 1. : being or having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece most vertebrates are stereospondylous opposed to temnospondylous 2. : of or relating to the order… … Useful english dictionary
trematosaurus — ˌtreməd.əˈsȯrəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trēmat , trēma hole + New Latin saurus : a genus of large labyrinthodont amphibians (order Stereospondyli) from the Triassic rocks of Germany having an elongated triangular … Useful english dictionary
Temnospondyli — Temnospondyls Temporal range: Early Carboniferous Early Cretaceous, 330–120 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present … Wikipedia
