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condylarth|kɒndɪˈlɑːθ|
[f. Condylarthra (E. D. Cope 1881, in Amer. Nat. XV. 1018), f. Gr. κόνδυλος knuckle, condyle + ἄρθρον joint.]
A member of the order Condylarthra, extinct mammals of the Palæocene and Eocene periods, the ancestors of some recent ungulates. Also attrib. or as adj. So condyˈlarthran a. and n., condyˈlarthrous a.
1884Amer. Naturalist XVIII. 793 Its Condylarthrous character. 1897Nat. Sci. May 311 The difference in structure between the lemurs and condylarths. Ibid., The view..that the lemurs were descended from condylarthrous ancestors. 1927Haldane & Huxley Anim. Biol. xi. 243 Eocene mammal of generalized type (Condylarthran). 1928De Beer Vertebr. Zoöl. 456 Very early, a branch diverged from the Condylarthran stock and gave rise to the Amblypoda. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXII. 700/1 The more typical condylarth types. Ibid. XXIII. 970/1 The Basal and Lower Eocene of Europe contain a few animals which are probably condylarthrans. 1965New Scientist 11 Nov. 392/2 The fossil record shows that it embraced..some condylarths or knob-joints. 1968A. S. Romer Procession of Life xvii. 277 Certain features [of the aardvark] suggest a remote relationship to the early ungulates of the condylarth group. |