synapsid in English
noun
1
a fossil reptile of a Permian and Triassic group, the members of which show increasingly mammalian characteristics and include the ancestors of mammals.
Indeed, most workers recognized a geographical and temporal gap between Permo-Carboniferous ‘pelycosaurs’ and therapsid synapsids .
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1. Anapsid, synapsid, and diapsid reptiles pursued very different paths toward the start of the Mesozoic Era
2. Start studying Zoology Unit 6 compare and contrast Anapsid, diapsid, and synapsid skull types (obj 2)
3. Bunyip is an amphibious Synapsid Daikaiju serving as a minor Titan in Godzilla:King of the monsters only seen on a monitor
4. SynApsid definition is - any of a subclass (SynApsida) of terrestrial vertebrates (such as the pelycosaurs and therApsids) having a single pair of lateral temporal skull openings.