Diapsida

Noun

Meaning

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

However, four (or three if Euryapsida is sunk into Diapsida) subclasses remained more or less universal for non-specialist work throughout the 20th century. Source: Internet

However, mammals hail from the synapsids (which were once described as "mammal-like reptiles") and birds are descended from the dinosaurs (a group of Diapsida ), both of which are reptiles. Source: Internet

Those four subclasses were: * Anapsida – no fenestrae – cotylosaurs and Chelonia ( turtles and relatives) This taxonomy does not reflect modern molecular evidence, which places turtles within Diapsida. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms