protomammal (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *protomammal*:
NOUN	animal	protomammal, therapsid	probably warm-blooded

English > *protomammal*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals.
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

HyperDic: protomammal