cotylosaur

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cot·y·lo·saur

C0679950 (kŏt′l-ə-sôr′)n. Any of various large reptilelike extinct tetrapods of the Carboniferous and Permian Periods, traditionally placed in the order Cotylosauria.
[Greek kotulē, hollow object, socket + Greek sauros, lizard.]

cotylosaur

(ˈkɒtɪləˌsɔː) n (Animals) any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages

cot•y•lo•saur

(ˈkɒt l əˌsɔr)

n. any reptile of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied splay-limbed forms that arose during the Pennsylvanian Period and that include the ancestors of all other reptiles. [1900–05; < New Latin Cotylosauria < Greek kotýl(ē) socket, cup + New Latin -o- -o- + -sauria; see -saur, -ia] cot`y•lo•sau′ri•an, adj.