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Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull
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anapsid
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n. primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles [syn: anapsid reptile ] [ant: diapsid ]
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An anapsid is an amniote whose skull does not have openings near the temples . Traditionally, the Anapsida are the most primitive subclass of reptiles , the ancestral stock from which Synapsida and Diapsida evolved, making anapsids paraphyletic . It is ...
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n. (context biology English) Any amniote whose skull does not have openings near the temples.
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Synapsids were one of the four main divisions of early reptilian life, the others being anapsids, euryapsids, and diapsids.