单词 | creodont |
释义 | creodontn. Palaeontology. A member of the Creodonta, a sub-order of extinct carnivorous mammals, which lived during the Palæocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [noun] > extinct types of creodont1891 miacid1932 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > [adjective] > of or relating to extinct types creodont1891 miacid1905 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 607 The more typical Creodonts appear..to be..closely related to the true Carnivora. 1903 H. Johnston Brit. Mammals 115 No Creodont..has ever been discovered which possessed more than three true molars. 1903 H. Johnston Brit. Mammals 188 The Creodont Carnivores. 1968 A. S. Romer Procession of Life xv. 245 The Palaeocene and Eocene epochs..saw the rise of a variety of archaic flesh-eaters, often grouped (there were several families of them) as the creodonts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1891 |
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