labyrinthodonta

labyrinthodonta
lab·y·rin·tho·don·ta

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  • Labyrinthodonta — Lab y*rin tho*don ta, prop. n. pl. [NL. See {Labyrinthodon}.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus {Labyrinthodon}, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Labyrinthodonta — ⇒ Amphibia …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • Labyrinthodonta — Stegocephala Steg o*ceph a*la (st[e^]g [ o]*s[e^]f [.a]*l[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ste gh roof + kefalh head.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also {Stegocephali}, and {Labyrinthodonta}. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Labyrinthodonta — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder… …   Useful english dictionary

  • superorder Labyrinthodonta — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Temnospondyli — Temnospondyls Temporal range: Early Carboniferous Early Cretaceous, 330–120 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present …   Wikipedia

  • labyrinthodont — /lab euh rin theuh dont /, n. 1. any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian… …   Universalium

  • Labyrinthodont — Lab y*rin tho*dont, a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the {Labyrinthodonta}. n. One of the {Labyrinthodonta}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • amphibia — noun the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians • Syn: ↑class Amphibia • Derivationally related forms: ↑amphibious • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order …   Useful english dictionary

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