synapsid

IPA: sˈɪæpsɪd

noun

  • Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

adjective

  • Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
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Examples of "synapsid" in Sentences

  • Synapsids as a reptilian subclass.
  • Similarly, mammals are a type of synapsid.
  • It belong to a synapsid suborder called Therocephalia.
  • Some could have evolved into larger species of synapsid.
  • Big canines are a consistent theme in synapsid evolution.
  • The synapsids are the mammal like reptiles and the mammals.
  • The encapsulated group infect synapsid and mammalian hosts.
  • The one and only specimen represents a sphenacodontid synapsid.
  • "Non-mammalian synapsid" is a nice, precise, accurate term, too.
  • It is included in the synapsid clade Caseidae in the order Pelycosauria.
  • The most common land animal was a small herbivorous synapsid Lystrosaurus.
  • Dated to 306 million years ago, it is the oldest undisputed synapsid known.
  • The Eothyrididae were a small group of very primitive, insectivorous synapsids.
  • I've always liked "non-mammalian synapsid," even though it takes awhile to say.
  • I guess this lets me "improve" my hideous Alt-Permian picture, and maybe draw up a real Permian synapsid, too.
  • The term "synapsid" is increasingly used cladistically, including mammals -- thus, synapsids are not extinct at all.
  • At least I have a start on the model, but to be honest the piece won't and sadly at this point can't be as complicated as my synapsid one.
  • I was under the impression that “therapsid” always referred to a kind of synapsid reptile and was distinct from “pelycosaur” another kind of synapsid think dimetrodon.
  • Otherwise, we have more of the lumbering and vaguely stegosaur-like "stegodons" seen elsewhere in Azeroth and a bizarre mutation of basilisk that they're calling "Diemetradon" (clearly loosely inspired by the Permian-aged Dimetrodon, which, you'll note, isn't a dinosaur, but, rather, a pelycosaurian synapsid).

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