therapsidn.adj.
/θɛˈrapsɪd/ A mammal-like fossil reptile of the order Therapsida; also as adj., of or pertaining to an animal of this kind.
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > member of order Therapsida
therapsid1912
the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of or relating to therapsid
therapsid1971
1912 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 581 The humble Therapsid-like mammal felt the impetus of its new-found power of adaptation.
1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xi. 229 The limbs in advanced therapsids are greatly changed from the primitive sprawling position.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo vi. 95 The first of the mammal-like reptiles, or Therapsids as these famous fossil reptiles of the Karoo are known, had been discovered in 1838.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxix. 408 Probably we shall never know whether the therapsid reptiles possessed the features of the soft parts that are so characteristic of mammals.
1973 B. J. Williams Evol. & Human Origins vii. 103/1 The therapsids had developed mammal-like features in locomotion and in their dentition.
1979 C. Kilian Icequake i. 14 His sermons on President Wood..had been as boring as his lectures on therapsid endothermy.
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