eupelycosaur

English

Noun

eupelycosaur (plural eupelycosaurs)

1. (zoology) Any synapsid of the clade Eupelycosauria.
   • 2011, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation • Histology • Biology, page 94:

     Ophiacodontids were a comparatively more depauperate group of early eupelycosaurs typified by marked elongation of the rostrum […]