- (reptiliomorphs) from
which synapsids evolved were
historically simply called "reptiles". Therefore, stem
group synapsids were then
described as mammal-like...
- representatives.
Although early synapsids have
historically been
referred to as "mammal-like reptiles", all
synapsids are more
closely related to mammals...
- PEL-ih-kə-sor) is an
older term for
basal or
primitive Late
Paleozoic synapsids,
excluding the
therapsids and
their descendants. Previously, the term...
-
These lists of
synapsids collectively include every genus that has ever been
included in the
clade Synapsida- the
mammals and
their evolutionary precursors...
- has been questioned,
since it
implies synapsids were
necessarily less
advantaged in
water retention, that
synapsid decline coincides with
climate changes...
-
their origin in the Carboniferous; the
synapsids,
which was the
dominant group, and the sauropsids. The
synapsids continued to
prosper and
increase in number...
- sphenacodontids,
which helps to
distinguish them from
other early synapsids. As in many
other early synapsids, the
teeth of most
Dimetrodon species are
serrated at...
-
Therapsida is a
clade comprising a
major group of
eupelycosaurian synapsids that
includes mammals and
their ancestors and
close relatives. Many of the...
- insectivores.
Synapsids (the
group that
would later include mammals)
thrived and
diversified greatly during the Cisuralian.
Permian synapsids included some...
- groups,
namely the
sauropsids (including all
reptiles and birds) and
synapsids (including
mammals and
extinct ancestors like "pelycosaurs" and therapsids)...
