procolophonoid
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procolophonoid (plural procolophonoids)
- (zoology) Any parareptile of the superfamily Procolophonoidea.
- 2016, Jennifer A. Clack, Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear: Evidence from the Fossil Record:
- The presence of an ossified extrastapes in Youngina, however, seems to support a less specialized hearing function than that of procolophonoids.