subclass synapsida
Noun
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Extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals (synset 101721816)
is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:
- order therapsida, therapsida - extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
- ictodosauria, order ictodosauria - extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period
- order pelycosauria, pelycosauria - edaphosaurus; dimetrodon
belongs to: class reptilia, reptilia - class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animalssame as: synapsida
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