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Definition of Therapsid
1. Noun. Probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals.
Generic synonyms: Synapsid, Synapsid Reptile
Group relationships: Order Therapsida, Therapsida
Specialized synonyms: Chronoperates Paradoxus, Cynodont, Dicynodont
Definition of Therapsid
1. Noun. (biology) Any extinct reptile of the order ''Therapsida''; thought to be direct ancestors of the mammals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Therapsid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Therapsid
Literary usage of Therapsid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"Doubtless objections to this theory will continue to be made by those who are
either not familiar at first hand with the anatomy of the therapsid reptiles, ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1916)
"Soc., ccvi B ) discusses the anatomical evidence for the derivation of this class
from the therapsid group of reptiles. DMS Watson, of University College, ..."
3. Arboreal Man by Frederic Wood Jones (1916)
"At the time of mammalian divergence from the therapsid ancestor, we may assume
the limb to be of this primitive Reptilian type, with the added tendency to a ..."
4. America's Day: Studies in Light and Shade by William George Fitz-Gerald (1918)
"It is quite possible, he will declare in the Sunday paper, that the primate stock
came of therapsid reptilians which had become bipedal, ..."
5. Contributions by Walker Museum of Paleontology, University of Chicago (1918)
"... these genera is morphologically identical with that of Dimetrodon—that is,
the lower one—thus seeming to establish the identity of the therapsid arch. ..."
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