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Pelycosaur

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Noun

1. pelycosaur

large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America

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Pelycosaur

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noun
any extinct mammal-like reptile of the order Pelycosauria, of Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian times, from which the therapsids are thought to have evolved

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Pelycosaur

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n.
Any of various extinct, chiefly carnivorous synapsids of the Carboniferous and Permian Periods, including the dimetrodon and other species with saillike structures along the back.

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