therapsid

any extinct reptile of the order Therapsida, from which mammals are thought to have evolved.

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mammal-like reptiles

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A new tritheledontid (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous nonmammalian eucynodonts.

Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental Tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada

All are attributed (with possibility or probability) to Therapsida or to "Therosauria", except Brontopus circagiganteus that could be due to Caseids.

Los ambientes de playa de la Cuenca de Lodeve (Languedoc-Francia)

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