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Synapsid vs Dimetrodon - What's the difference?

synapsid | dimetrodon |

As nouns the difference between synapsid and dimetrodon

is that synapsid is any animal (including all mammals) of the class synapsida while dimetrodon is a carnivorous synapsid, of the genus , from the permian period.

As an adjective synapsid

is pertaining to the class synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

synapsid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 26:
  • *:We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

    • dimetrodon

    English

    (wikipedia dimetrodon) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A carnivorous synapsid, of the genus , from the Permian period