Definition of Dicynodontia

1. Noun. A division of Therapsida.

Exact synonyms: Division Dicynodontia
Group relationships: Order Therapsida, Therapsida
Member holonyms: Dicynodont, Genus Ischigualastia, Ischigualastia
Generic synonyms: Division

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicynodontia

Dicotyledonae
Dicotyledones
Dicranaceae
Dicranales
Dicranopteris
Dicranum
Dicrostonyx
Dicrostonyx hudsonius
Dictamnus alba
Dictaphone
Dictyophera
Dictyoptera
Dictyostelium
Dicynodontia
Dida
Didelphidae
Didelphis
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis virginiana
Didenheim
Diderot
Diderotian
Didion
Dido
Didonia
Didonian
Didonias
Didrikson

Literary usage of Dicynodontia

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

1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... of which sharp-toothed instruments fitted the Ichthyosaur, like the modern Dolphin for the prehension of agile fishes. § 36. Skull of dicynodontia. ..."

2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1901)
"... within this group are with the dicynodontia on the one hand, and the Crocodilia on the other. The sacrum and the iliac bones of the ..."

3. A Phylogenetic Classification of Animals: (for the Use of Students) by William Abbott Herdman (1885)
"The Chelonia and the dicynodontia probably left the ancestral Lizards at much the same point, or they may possibly have had a short common ancestry. ..."

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