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单词 synapsid
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synapsid

/sʌɪˈnapsɪd / /sɪˈnapsɪd/
noun
A fossil reptile of a Permian and Triassic group, the members of which show increasingly mammalian characteristics and include the ancestors of mammals. Also called mammal-like reptile.
  • Subclass Synapsida; includes the pelycosaurs and the therapsids.
Indeed, most workers recognized a geographical and temporal gap between Permo-Carboniferous ‘pelycosaurs’ and therapsid synapsids....
  • The hypothesis that disparate groups of synapsids independently acquired mammallike characteristics has a long pedigree.
  • In the dry late Permian environment many types of synapsids and reptiles flourished.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin Synapsida, from Greek sun- 'together' + apsis, apsid- 'arch'.

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