therapsid

Noun
  1. Probably warm-blooded;
    Considered direct ancestor of mammals (synset 101722555)
    is a type of: synapsid, synapsid reptile - extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
    subtypes:
    • chronoperates paradoxus - shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada; from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles)
    • cynodont - small carnivorous reptiles
    • dicynodont - a kind of therapsid
    belongs to: order therapsida, therapsida - extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
    same as: protomammal

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