thecodontiann.adj.
/θiːkəˈdɒntɪən/ = thecodont adj.
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > member of order Thecodontia
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > belonging to Thecodontia
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1974 Nature 8 Mar. 168/2 The Saurischia and Ornithischia, are usually interpreted as independent derivatives of primitive thecondontian reptiles of the Triassic, but all known Triassic dinosaurs can be distinguished from typical thecodontians.
1979 Nature 17 May . 234/2 Dinosaurs apparently lacked a fenestra pseudorotunda, as did the early thecodontians, eosuchians and captorhinomorphs.
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n.adj.1974