Pelycosaur
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pelycosaur is a noun meaning Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
Meaning
Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
Word Forms
- pelycosaurs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plesiosaur, plesiosaurid, pachypleurosaurid, eupelycosaur, pliosaur, pachypleurosaur.
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