Definition of Order therapsida

1. Noun. Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Therapsida

order Spirochaetales
order Squamata
order Stegocephalia
order Stereospondyli
order Stomatopoda
order Strigiformes
order Struthioniformes
order Synentognathi
order Taxales
order Temnospondyli
order Testacea
order Testudinata
order Testudines
order Tetraodontiformes
order Thecodontia
order Therapsida
order Thymelaeales
order Thysanoptera
order Thysanura
order Tinamiformes
order Torpediniformes
order Tremellales
order Trichoptera
order Trogoniformes
order Tuberales
order Tubulidentata
order Tulostomatales
order Ulvales
order Umbellales
order Uredinales

Literary usage of Order therapsida

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

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... reptiles Williston would include under the order Therapsida according to his definition, although the former name is not specifically mentioned. ..."

2. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"Order THERAPSIDA Reptiles with a single temporal perforation on each side; vertebrae not notochordal; ..."

3. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"Now, the cynodonts belong to the sub-class Synapsida and the order Therapsida, which Williston places very low in the series of reptilian orders, ..."

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