HyperDic: therapsid

English > 1 sense of the word therapsid:
NOUNanimaltherapsid, protomammalprobably warm-blooded
English > therapsid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningprobably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals.
Synonymprotomammal
Member ofTherapsida, order TherapsidaExtinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
NarrowerChronoperates paradoxusshrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada
cynodontsmall carnivorous reptiles
dicynodontA kind of therapsid
Broadersynapsid, synapsid reptileExtinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull

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