NOUN
- primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles
How To Use anapsid reptile In A Sentence
- Turtles were considered to be living anapsids although there was a significant temporal gap between the last anapsid reptile fossil and the first turtle fossil. Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb
- I think i’ve got this now: basal anapsid reptiles (which presumably gave rise to synapsid and sauropsid lineages) died out leaving no descendants. turtles, full diapsid reptiles closely allied to crocodiles, secondarily developed a seemingly (but not osteogenically identical) anapsid skull structure subsequently. Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb
- Mesasaurs were small crocodilian-like anapsid reptiles of about 300 million years ago. The Mosasaur and the missing link - The Panda's Thumb
- I think i’ve got this now: basal anapsid reptiles (which presumably gave rise to synapsid and sauropsid lineages) died out leaving no descendants. turtles, full diapsid reptiles closely allied to crocodiles, secondarily developed a seemingly (but not osteogenically identical) anapsid skull structure subsequently. Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb