HyperDic: order_temnospondyli

English > 1 sense of the expression order Temnospondyli:
NOUNanimalorder Temnospondyli, Temnospondyliformerly a suborder of Stegocephalia
English > order Temnospondyli: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningformerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate.
SynonymTemnospondyli
Member ofLabyrinthodontia, superorder Labyrinthodontia, Labyrinthodonta, superorder LabyrinthodontaExtinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
CatalanTemnospòndil, Temnospondyli

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