Synapsida
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Synapsida is a major clade of amniotes that includes mammals and their extinct, mammal-like ancestors distinguished by a single temporal opening in the skull behind each eye.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amniote clade
ⓘ
clade ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| ancestralTo | mammals ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature | temporal fenestra ⓘ |
| clade | Amniota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsExtantLineages | true ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Anapsida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diapsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | single temporal opening in the skull behind each eye ⓘ |
| extantRepresentatives | mammals ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Late Carboniferous
ⓘ
Pennsylvanian ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInMa | about 320 ⓘ |
| fossilRecordRegion | global ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | synapsids ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cynodontia
ⓘ
Dimetrodon NERFINISHED ⓘ Edaphosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorgonopsia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lystrosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mammalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Anomodontia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biarmosuchia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cynodontia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinocephalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eupelycosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ Therapsida NERFINISHED ⓘ Theriodontia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Mammalia
ⓘ
mammal-like reptiles ⓘ non-mammalian synapsids ⓘ pelycosaurs ⓘ therapsids ⓘ |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| majorRadiation | Permian ⓘ |
| namedBy | Henry Fairfield Osborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| skullType | synapsid skull ⓘ |
| subphylum | Vertebrata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sufferedMassExtinction | end-Permian mass extinction ⓘ |
| superclass | Tetrapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingLineage | Mammalia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| temporalFenestraCountPerSide | one ⓘ |
| yearNamed | 1903 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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