superorder Labyrinthodontia

superorder Labyrinthodontia
noun
extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑amphibia, ↑class Amphibia

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  • 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

  • Labyrinthodontia — Labyrinthodont (Greek, maze toothed ) is an obsolete term for any member of an extinct superorder or subclass (Labyrinthodontia) of amphibians, which constituted some of the dominant animals of Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic times (about 350… …   Wikipedia

  • labyrinthodont — noun an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian • Member Holonyms: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta, ↑superorder Labyrinthodonta …   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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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