condylarthn.
/kɒndɪˈlɑːθ/ A member of the order Condylarthra, extinct mammals of the Palæocene and Eocene periods, the ancestors of some recent ungulates. Also attributive or as adj.
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1897 Nat. Sci. May 311 The difference in structure between the lemurs and condylarths.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 700/1 The more typical condylarth types.
1965 New Scientist 11 Nov. 392/2 The fossil record shows that it embraced..some condylarths or knob-joints.
1968 A. S. Romer Procession of Life xvii. 277 Certain features [of the aardvark] suggest a remote relationship to the early ungulates of the condylarth group.
Derivatives
condyˈlarthran adj. and n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > extinct types of (miscellaneous) > taxeopod or condition of > condylarth
condylarth1897
condylarthran1927
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or like extinct or fossil types > of or relating to taxeopod > of or relating to condylarth
condylarthrous1884
condylarthran1927
condylarth1957
1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 243 Eocene mammal of generalized type (Condylarthran).
1928 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. 456 Very early, a branch diverged from the Condylarthran stock and gave rise to the Amblypoda.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 970/1 The Basal and Lower Eocene of Europe contain a few animals which are probably condylarthrans.
condyˈlarthrous adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or like extinct or fossil types > of or relating to taxeopod > of or relating to condylarth
condylarthrous1884
condylarthran1927
condylarth1957
1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 793 Its Condylarthrous character.
1897 Nat. Sci. May 311 The view..that the lemurs were descended from condylarthrous ancestors.
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