#synapsid_reptile__synapsid extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
supertype: #reptile__reptilian any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms
subtype: #therapsid__protomammal probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
subtype: #Chronoperates_paradoxus shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta Canada region; of about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles)
subtype: #cynodont small carnivorous reptiles
subtype: #dicynodont a kind of therapsid
subtype: #ictodosaur intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals
subtype: #pelycosaur large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America
subtype: #edaphosaurus heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic
subtype: #dimetrodon carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail
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