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Definition of Therapsids
1. therapsid [n] - See also: therapsid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Therapsids
Literary usage of Therapsids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"A critical step was taken when, as in the therapsids and Thero- morphs, legs
developed enough to walk on. To the primitive mobility was added an essential ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The later South African therapsids have all taken on further specializations of
the skull and jaw and though they can be readily compared with the ..."
3. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"These Cynodonts (also known as therapsids) occur as Triassic fossils in Africa
and North America; though they were genuine reptiles they had very ..."
4. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"(6) The mandible of the therapsids becomes more and more mammal-like as we ascend
toward the cynodonts. The dentary of the latter has a wide ascending ramus ..."
5. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"... from a stock of generalized placental mammals, or from a stock of bipedal
arboreal reptiles, represented perhaps by some of the extinct therapsids. ..."
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