Definition of Labyrinthodonts. Meaning of Labyrinthodonts. Synonyms of Labyrinthodonts

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Definition of Labyrinthodonts

Labyrinthodont
Labyrinthodont Lab`y*rin"tho*dont, a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta. -- n. One of the Labyrinthodonta.

Meaning of Labyrinthodonts from wikipedia

- time. The Mesozoic labyrinthodonts were primarily aquatic with increasingly cartilaginous skeleton. The eyes of most labyrinthodonts were situated at the...
- labyrinthodonts, but some were classified in the Branchiosauria. Branchiosaurs were small-bodied and had simple conical teeth, while labyrinthodonts were...
- have given rise to the land vertebrates; a group of amphibians, the labyrinthodonts, have given rise to the reptiles (traditionally including the mammal-like...
- living lungfish. Advanced forms transitional between fish and the early labyrinthodonts, such as Tiktaalik, have been referred to as "fishapods" by their discoverers...
- short limbs. Their anatomy falls between the mainly aquatic Devonian labyrinthodonts and the first reptiles. University of Bristol paleontologist Professor...
- lobe-finned fishes, they also include some of the early labyrinthodonts. Exactly what labyrinthodonts are in the stem group tetrapods rather than the corresponding...
- Warren, A. A.; Hutchinson, M. N.; Hill, Dorothy (1983-09-13). "The last Labyrinthodont? A new brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the early Jur****ic...
- species, they have teeth, supplementing those in the jaw proper; in some labyrinthodonts (extinct amphibians) the teeth on the vomers were actually larger than...
- evolved into large crocodile-like predators, informally known as "labyrinthodonts". Amphibians must return to water to lay eggs; in contrast, amniote...
- m**** of cartilage. A similar arrangement was found in the primitive Labyrinthodonts, but in the evolutionary line that led to reptiles (and hence, also...