Therapsid synonyms
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anapsid (related)
Any of a group of chiefly extinct reptiles that first emerged in the early Permian Period and are characterized by a skull with no openings in the temporal region. Modern turtles and tortoises may be surviving members of this group, or they may be descendants of diapsids that lost their skull openings.
synapsid (related)
Any of a group of amniote vertebrates that first emerged in the late Permian Period, characterized by a single opening in the temporal region on each side of the skull and including the mammals along with various extinct groups more closely related to mammals than to other amniotes.
protomammal
Any evolutionary ancestor of the mammals
Find another word for therapsid. In this page you can discover 4 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for therapsid, like: anapsid, diapsid, synapsid and protomammal.