Captorhinomorpha

plural noun

Cap·​to·​rhi·​no·​mor·​pha

: a suborder of Cotylosauria comprising reptiles of the Carboniferous and Lower Permian which are sometimes held to be generalized forms ancestral to most later reptiles and to mammals and birds though possessing distinctly specialized dentition

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Captorhinus, type genus + -o- + -morpha

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