| NOUN | animal | protomammal, therapsid | probably warm-blooded |
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| Meaning | probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals. | |
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| Synonym | therapsid | |
| Member of | Therapsida, order Therapsida | Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic |
| Narrower | Chronoperates paradoxus | shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada |
| cynodont | small carnivorous reptiles | |
| dicynodont | A kind of therapsid | |
| Broader | synapsid, synapsid reptile | Extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull |
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