CAPTORHINOMORPHA


Meaning of CAPTORHINOMORPHA in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmȯrfə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Captorhinus, type genus + -o- + -morpha

: a suborder of Cotylosauria comprising reptiles of the Carboniferous and Lower Permian which are sometimes held to be generalized forms ancestral to most later reptiles and to mammals and birds though possessing distinctly specialized dentition

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