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pelycosaur Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

Any member of an informal group of primitive, Late Paleozoic synapsids that are closely related to the ancestors of mammals, famously represented by the sail-backed Dimetrodon.

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"Often mistaken for a dinosaur, the sail-backed Dimetrodon was actually a synapsid that roamed the Earth millions of years before the first true dinosaurs appeared."

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theromorph

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