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PARAPSID [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
DEF

A group of fossil reptiles including marine plesiosaurs, nothosaurs, and placodonts, from Lower Permian to Cretaceous.

OBS

The skulls of these creatures show openings that once were mistakenly called parapsid; they lie above the squamosal and postorbital bones. This group contains the aquatic plesiosaurs and their ancestors, which ranged from early Permian to late Cretaceous times.

Key term(s)
  • euryapsid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
DEF

Groupe fossile de reptiles remontant au Crétacé et comprenant les Plésiosaures.

Key term(s)
  • Euryapsidé

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

When only the upper [temporal] fossa is present [in reptiles], the condition is termed "parapsid"(few forms, possibly lizards).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
CONT

[Chez le «type de crâne» reptilien appelé parapside] la fenêtre temporale unique est située très haut sur le côté du crâne. [...] Le bord inférieur de la fenêtre est constitué typiquement par le postfrontal et le supratemporal [...] Les ichtyosaures qui possédaient cette structure parapside se sont éteints avant le tertiaire.

Spanish

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