HyperDic: subclass_synapsida

English > 1 sense of the expression subclass Synapsida:
NOUNanimalsubclass Synapsida, Synapsidaextinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
English > subclass Synapsida: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningExtinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals.
SynonymSynapsida
Member ofReptilia, class ReptiliaClass of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates
MembersIctodosauria, order IctodosauriaExtinct reptiles of the later Triassic period
Pelycosauria, order Pelycosauriaedaphosaurus
Therapsida, order TherapsidaExtinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
CatalanSynapsida

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