NOUN | animal | division Cynodontia, Cynodontia | a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth |
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Meaning | A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth. | |
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Synonym | Cynodontia | |
Member of | Therapsida, order Therapsida | Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic |
Members | Exaeretodon, genus Exaeretodon | A genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia |
cynodont | small carnivorous reptiles | |
Broader | division | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger / larger category |
Catalan | Cynodontia |
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