Thecodont Reptile (Noun)
Meaning
Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Archosaurs likely originated from a group of thecodont reptiles during the Middle to Late Permian period.
- The thecodont reptile Postosuchus is often cited as a transitional form between the non-archosaurian thecodonts and the early archosaurs.
- The clade leading to the origin of the group containing dinosaurs, crocodilians, and birds presumably involved thecodont reptiles with upright limbs.
- These thecodont reptiles gradually developed into more advanced forms with further modifications and adaptations over time.
- A close relative of the ancestral thecodont reptiles that eventually led to the emergence of dinosaurs may have been Phytosaurus, which resembles modern crocodilians in appearance.