Definition of Therocephalians. Meaning of Therocephalians. Synonyms of Therocephalians

- it had been proposed that therocephalians themselves may have given rise to the cynodonts, and therefore that therocephalians as recognised are paraphyletic...
- improved jaw muscles. Both therocephalians and cynodonts survived the Permian–Tri****ic extinction event. While early therocephalians were carnivorous and occupied...
- which are endothermic. Near the end of the Permian, dicynodonts, therocephalians and cynodonts show parallel trends towards loss of the pineal foramen...
- therapsids which appear during the Middle Permian and which includes therocephalians and cynodonts, this latter group including mammals and related forms...
- Bauriidae is an extinct family of therocephalian therapsids. Bauriids were the latest-surviving group of therocephalians after the Permian–Tri****ic extinction...
- Baurioidea is a superfamily of therocephalian therapsids. It includes advanced therocephalians such as Regisaurus and Bauria. The superfamily was named...
- probably inertial homeotherms rather than endotherms unlike contemporary therocephalians and cynodonts, and thus were probably comparatively less active. Though...
- South Africa, Russia and China. The family includes many large-bodied therocephalians that were probably carnivorous, including Moschorhinus and Olivierosuchus...
- bore resemblance to the therocephalians. Procynosuchid eyes were forward-facing, and the dentary was larger than the therocephalians. The procynosuchids had...
- a group of small therocephalians. Scalopodontians are now thought to be a polyphyletic grouping of mostly juvenile therocephalians, and most taxa are...