Definition of Synapsida

1. Noun. Extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Synapsida

Symphoricarpos alba
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Symphyla
Symphytum
Symphytum officinale
Symplocaceae
Symplocarpus
Symplocarpus foetidus
Symplocus
Symplocus paniculata
Symplocus tinctoria
Synagrops
Synagrops bellus
Synanceja
Synanceja verrucosa
Synapsida (current term)
Synaptomys
Synaptomys borealis
Synaptomys cooperi
Synchytriaceae
Synchytrium
Synchytrium endobioticum
Synentognathi
Synercus
Synercus caffer
Synge
Syngnathidae
Syngnathus
Syngnathus hildebrandi
Syngonium

Literary usage of Synapsida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions by Walker Museum of Paleontology, University of Chicago (1917)
"•jo CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WALKER MUSEUM by their direct descendants today; the birds, crocodiles, and tuatara of the Diapsida; the mammals of the Synapsida; ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The grouping of the reptiles into two subclasses, the Diapsida and Synapsida. based chiefly upon the temporal structure, is rejected by most students of the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... of one or two openings (supra- and infra-temporal vacuities) it is divided into one (Synapsida) or two (Diapsida) longitudinal bars behind the orbits. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... 'Catalogue of the Reptiles in the British Museum' (London 1889-96) ; Osborn, 'The Reptilian Subclasses Diapsida and Synapsida,' Memoirs American Museum ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Philadelphia, Pa.. Pros. Amer. Phil. Soc., 43, 1904, (150-157). [0023 6031]. 24550 Diapsida and Synapsida and the early history of the ..."

6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"185 - On the primary division «>f the Reptilia into two sub-classes, Synapsida and Diapsida. Science, New York, NY, (N. Ser. ..."

7. Contributions by Walker Museum of Paleontology, University of Chicago (1917)
"•jo CONTRIBUTIONS FROM WALKER MUSEUM by their direct descendants today; the birds, crocodiles, and tuatara of the Diapsida; the mammals of the Synapsida; ..."

8. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The grouping of the reptiles into two subclasses, the Diapsida and Synapsida. based chiefly upon the temporal structure, is rejected by most students of the ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... of one or two openings (supra- and infra-temporal vacuities) it is divided into one (Synapsida) or two (Diapsida) longitudinal bars behind the orbits. ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... 'Catalogue of the Reptiles in the British Museum' (London 1889-96) ; Osborn, 'The Reptilian Subclasses Diapsida and Synapsida,' Memoirs American Museum ..."

11. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Philadelphia, Pa.. Pros. Amer. Phil. Soc., 43, 1904, (150-157). [0023 6031]. 24550 Diapsida and Synapsida and the early history of the ..."

12. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"185 - On the primary division «>f the Reptilia into two sub-classes, Synapsida and Diapsida. Science, New York, NY, (N. Ser. ..."

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